Mishkat al-Masabih 29 Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet كتاب الفضائل والشمائل 153

وَعَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلَا تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ؟» فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى وَكُنْتُ لَا أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَضَرَبَ يَدَهُ عَلَى صَدْرِي حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ أَثَرَ يَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ: «اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا» . قَالَ فَمَا وَقَعْتُ عَنْ فَرَسِي بَعْدُ فَانْطَلَقَ فِي مِائَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ فَارِسًا مِنْ أحمس فحرقها بالنَّار وَكسرهَا. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

Jarir b. `Abdallah said: God’s messenger said to me, “Why do you not give me rest from Dhul Khalasa?” I told him that I certainly would, but as I was not able to keep from falling off a horse’s back, I mentioned the fact to the Prophet. He gave me such a blow with his hand on my breast that I could see the mark of his hand on it and said, “O God, make him sit firm, and make him a guide who is led aright.” After that I never fell off my horse. He went with a hundred and fifty resolute horsemen of Ahmas[*] and burned it and broke it up. *Ahmas (brave) is said to have been applied to Quraish, Kinana and Jadila of Qais because of the hardships they imposed on themselves in their religious observances in pre-Islamic times. (Bukhari and Muslim.)