The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

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was to wipe on it. Those who did not own houses would erect a
rock and circumbated around it. These types of idols were called al­
Anfdb.
When one of them used to rest on their travel paths, they used to
take four stones, and make the best looking one their lord. The other
three would be used to support his spot. When resuming the travel,
he would leave all four rocks behind, and take four new rocks at the
next rest spot.
When Allah's Messenger (;i) became victorious over Makkah, he
used his bow to stab the idols surrounding the Ka1bah in their eyes
and faces; saying:
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"Truth has come, and falsehood has departed. Indeed
is falsehood, [by nature], ever bound to depart."
[a/-/mi' (17): 81]
Then he ordered the idols to be pushed on their faces, then to be
removed from the Masjid and burnt.
lbn 1Abbas (rat/!y.Alltihu 'anhuma) said: 'It was during the time of
Yazd that idols were worshipped, and many people converted away
from Islam.'
97) Abii Raja' Al-'UtaridI said: 'We used to worship stones, and
when we found a better stone than the first one, we would
throw the first one and take the latter. But if we could not get
a stone then we would collect some soil and then bring a sheep
and milk it over the soil, and perform tawij' around it.'97
97 Bukhari, 8/90/4376-4377.
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