The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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Arabs adopted al-Ltit ( .:.J;iJI) as a goddess as well. It was located in
Ta'if and was more recent than Mandt. It was a cubical rock and its
servants were from the tribe of Thaqif. They established a house
around it. Quraysh and all Arabs continued to glorify it until Thaqif
embraced Islam. Allah's Messenger (;i) sent al-Mughirah lbn
Shu'bah (raef!JAllahu 'anhu) to destroy and burn it.
More recent to a/-Llt was a goddess by the name al- 'Uzz.a (I).
lbn 'Abbas said: 'al- 'Uzz.a was a female devil who used to frequent
three samurah trees in the vale of Nakhlah. After liberating Makkah,
Allah's Messenger (;i) sent Khalid lbn al-Walid (raef!JA/lahu 'anhu)
to it. When Khalid approached the trees he found a woman with
untidy hair who had her hands on her shoulders. Behind her was
her servant Dubayyah al-SulamI.' Khalid said (poetry):
You are worthy of rejection (kufa not glorification,
for I have witnessed that Allah has humiliated you.
Then he struck her on her head, killed her servant and cut off the
trees. When he informed the Prophet(;i) of what had happened He
said: 'That was al-'Uzz.a, there shall be no other 'Uzza for Arabs.'
Quraysh also had idols inside the Ka'bah and around it. The greatest
idol to them was Huba/ (). It was made from red ruby in the
form of a human with his left hand broken off. Quraysh later made
a hand of gold to complement the broken hand. The first to erect it
inside Ka'bah was Khuzaymah lbn Mudrikah lbn Ilyas lbn Muqar.
In front of it were seven cups. Inside one of the cups was written
"T ruthfal" and inside the other was written "(false!YJ Associated". When
they used to doubt (the legitimacy of) a child they used to give Huba/
a gift and draw between both cups. If the outcome was "Truthful"
they would associate him with the father, and if the outcome was
"(false!YJ Associated" they would reject the child. They used to do
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