The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Five: Devil's Deception in Matters of Creed (al- raqti'id) and Religion
98) Abu «Uthman al-NahdI said: 'During the time of Jtihil!Jyah we
used to worship a rock. One time we heard someone calling:
0 people! Your god has vanished so search for another god.
So we went searching on the mountains and planes. Then another
person called: we have found your god. We all came to
the caller and found the rock we used to worship. We (celebrated
and) slaughtered camels.'98
99) «Amr Ibn «Absah said: 'I used to worship idols. When one of
us used to rest on his travel paths and had no statues, he used
to take four stones, and make the best looking one their lord.
The other three were used to support his pot. When resuming
the travel, he used to leave all four rocks behind, and take
four new rocks at the next rest spot.'99
1 00) Sufyan Ibn «Uyaynah was asked: 'How did Arabs first begin
idol worship?' He replied: 'The basis for their idol worship
was that they said: 'The Ka'bah is made from rocks, so wherever
a rock is erected it should be considered as a rock.'
Abu Mi«shar said: 'Many of the Indians used to believe in Supreme
Lord, and confess that He has Angels. However, they believed Allah
and the Angels to be beautiful objects residing above the heavens.
So they made statues in what they believed to be Allah's image. They
worshiped them and sacrificed to them because of their similarity to
Allah, as they claimed. Since terrestrial bodies were nearest (in location)
to the Creator, they glorified them and sacrificed to them.
Many of the ancients built Houses for idols: one was a House on
the top of a mountain in Isfahan, which contained idols, expelled by
98 Al-Kha!)b al-Baghdadi in his Tari/eh, 10/204.
99 Ibn Sa'd in al- Tabaqtit, 4/217.
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