Volume 4, Book 52, Number 262:
Narrated Jarir:
Allah’s Apostles said to me, “Will you relieve me from Dhul-Khalasa? Dhul-Khalasa was a house
(of an idol) belonging to the tribe of Khath’am called Al-Ka’ba Al-Yama-niya. So, I proceeded with
one hundred and fifty cavalry men from the tribe of Ahmas, who were excellent knights. It
happened that I could not sit firm on horses, so the Prophet , stroke me over my chest till I saw his
finger-marks over my chest, he said, ‘O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and rightly
guided man.’ ” Jarir proceeded towards that house, and dismantled and burnt it. Then he sent a mes –
senger to Allah’s Apostle informing him of that. Jarir’s messenger said, “By Him Who has sent you
with the Truth, I did not come to you till I had left it like an emancipated or gabby camel (i.e. com –
pletely marred and spoilt).” Jarir added, “The Prophet asked for Allah’s Blessings for the horses and
the men of Ahmas five times.”