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Sahih al-Bukhari 6333 (Book 80, Hadith 30) #6084
Destroying Idols

SUMMARY: The Prophet ﷺ asked Jarir to help him destroy an idol called Dhi-al-Khalasa, and Jarir went with a group of men from his tribe and destroyed it.

Narrated Jarir: Allah's Messenger ﷺ said to me".Will you relieve me from Dhi-al-Khalasa? " Dhi-al-Khalasa was an idol which the people used to worship and it was called Al-Ka'ba al Yamaniyya. I said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ I am a man who can't sit firm on horses". So he stroked my chest (with his hand) and said, "O Allah! Make him firm and make him a guiding and well-guided man". So I went out with fifty (men) from my tribe of Ahrnas. (The sub-narrator, Sufyan, quoting Jarir, perhaps said, "I went out with a group of men from my nation") and came to Dhi-al-Khalasa and burnt it, and then came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! I have not come to you till I left it like a camel with a skin disease". The Prophet then invoked good upon Ahmas and their cavalry (fighters).
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَرِيرًا، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏"‏ أَلاَ تُرِيحُنِي مِنْ ذِي الْخَلَصَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَهْوَ نُصُبٌ كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهُ يُسَمَّى الْكَعْبَةَ الْيَمَانِيَةَ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ، فَصَكَّ فِي صَدْرِي فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فِي خَمْسِينَ مِنْ أَحْمَسَ مِنْ قَوْمِي ـ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فِي عُصْبَةٍ مِنْ قَوْمِي ـ فَأَتَيْتُهَا فَأَحْرَقْتُهَا، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَاللَّهِ مَا أَتَيْتُكَ حَتَّى تَرَكْتُهَا مِثْلَ الْجَمَلِ الأَجْرَبِ‏.‏ فَدَعَا لأَحْمَسَ وَخَيْلِهَا‏.‏
TOPICS
idolatry  *  destruction  *  invocation

QUICK LESSONS:
Fight against Shrik/Idolatry , Strive for righteousness
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of destroying idols. Idols are objects that people worship instead of Allah, which is known as shirk. In this hadith, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) asked Jarir to help him destroy an idol called Dhi-al-Khalasa. So, Jarir gathered a group of men from his tribe and they destroyed it together. After they were done, the Prophet Muhammad praised them for their efforts and invoked good upon them for their courage in fighting against shirk. This hadith teaches us that we should not worship anything other than Allah and that we should strive to fight against any form of shirk or idolatry in our lives or in our communities.

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