The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Five: Devil's Deception in Matters of Creed (al- 'aqti'id) and Religion
and came up with a religion other than that of Ibrahim and Isma'Il.
They worshiped idols and referred to the ways of nations previous
to them. They dug up the idols that the people of Nii}:i had worshipped,
but continued to practice some teachings of Ibrahim and
Isma'Il such as respecting the Ka'bah, revolving around it, Jfajj,
'Umrah, standing on 'Arafah, and Muzdalifah, sacrificing cattle and
reciting the declaration of intentions for Jfajj and 'Umrah. The first
to change the religion of Isma'Il and set up the statues was 'Amr Ibn
Lu}:iayy, the father of Khuza'ah. He was able to take control over
the Ka'bah by force. One day he became sick and was advised to
visit a hot water fountain in Sham. He went there, bathed in it and
became well. He noticed that the people of Sham worshiped idols.
He inquired: What are these? They responded: we use these statues
to pray for rain and victory over the enemy. He asked that they give
him a few idols, so they did. He brought them back to Makkah and
set them around the Ka'bah. This was how Arabs began practicing
idol worship.
The most ancient idol was Mandt (). It was erected on the Red
Sea shore between Makkah and Madinah. Arabs used to glorify it,
and the tribes of Al-Aws, Al-Khazraj and whoever used to settle in
Madinah or Makkah and their surroundings used to glorify, sacrifice
and give gifts to it. No tribes glorified it more than Al-Aws and Al­
Khazraj.
These two tribes used to perform all lf aj rituals just as other people
did, except that they did not used to shave their heads until they
reached Mandt . Then they used to stay there for a while, believing
that their lfajj would not be complete otherwise. Manah belonged
to the tribes of Hudhayl and Khuza'ah. Allah's Messenger (;i) sent
'All (ratfiyAl/dhu 'anhu) to destroy it in the 8th year AH of the conquest.
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