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The burning of houses and date-palms.

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Darussalam · Volume 4

56 - THE BOOK OF JIHĀD

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الحديث: 3020 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 62

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3020. Narrated Jarīr: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said to me, "Will you relieve me from Dhul-Khalaṣa?" It (Dhul-Khalaṣa) was a house belonging to the tribe of Khath'am [and there used to be worshipped the Taghiyas (idols) of Ad-Daus, Khath'am, and Bajaila tribes], and it was called Al-Ka'ba-al-Yamāniya. 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 ﷺ stroke me over my chest till I saw his finger-marks over my chest. He said, "O Allāh! Make him firm and make him a guide and rightly-guided man." Jarīr proceeded towards that house, and dismantled and burnt it. Then he sent a messenger to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ informing him of that. Jarīr'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 emanciated or scabby camel (i.e., completely marred and spoilt)." Jarīr added, "The Prophet ﷺ invoked Allāh to bless the horses and the men of Aḥmas five times." [See Vol. 9, Hadīth No.7116. See also Vol. 5, Hadīth No.4537]

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3020 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسُ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي جَرِيرٌ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلاَ تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الخَلَصَةِ» وَكَانَ بَيْتًا فِي خَثْعَمَ يُسَمَّى كَعْبَةَ اليَمَانِيَةِ، قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ وَمِائَةِ فَارِسٍ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ، وَكَانُوا أَصْحَابَ خَيْلٍ، قَالَ: وَكُنْتُ لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الخَيْلِ، فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ أَصَابِعِهِ فِي صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ، وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا»، فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَيْهَا فَكَسَرَهَا وَحَرَّقَهَا، ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُخْبِرُهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ جَرِيرٍ: وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالحَقِّ، مَا جِئْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا كَأَنَّهَا جَمَلٌ أَجْوَفُ أَوْ أَجْرَبُ، قَالَ: فَبَارَكَ فِي خَيْلِ أَحْمَسَ، وَرِجَالِهَا خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ

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