Sahih Muslim Book - 44, Hadith - 6364

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ (ح) وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ ، عَنْ جَرِيرٍ ، قَالَ : مَا حَجَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ ، وَلاَ رَآنِي إِلاَّ تَبَسَّمَ فِي وَجْهِي. زَادَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ إِدْرِيسَ : وَلَقَدْ شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَنِّي لاَ أَثْبُتُ عَلَى الْخَيْلِ ، فَضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ ثَبِّتْهُ وَاجْعَلْهُ هَادِيًا مَهْدِيًّا.

It was narrated that Jarir said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) never refused me permission to enter since I became Muslim, and he never looked at me without a smile on his face." Ibn Numair added in his Hadith from Ibn Idris: "I complained to him that I could not sit firmly on a horse, and he struck me on the chest with his hand and said: '0 Allah, make him sit firmly, and make him steadfast and rightly-guided."'