Tarikh (al-Tabari) 1484
The Detachment of Khālid b. al-Walīd to Demolish al-ʿUzzā
سَرِيَّةُ خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ لِهَدْمِ الْعُزَّى بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ خَالِدًا ؓ إِلَى الْعُزَّى لِيَهْدِمَهَا وَذَلِكَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ، فَخَرَجَ فِي ثَلَاثِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَلَمَّا أَتَاهَا هَدَمَ بَيْتَهَا وَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: «هَلْ رَأَيْتَ شَيْئًا ؟ » قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: «فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تَهْدِمْهَا، فَارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَاهْدِمْهَا». فَرَجَعَ خَالِدٌ وَهُوَ مُتَغَيِّظٌ. فَلَمَّا رَأَتِ السَّدَنَةُ خَالِدًا انْبَعَثُوا فِي الْجَبَلِ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: يَا عُزَّى خَبِّلِيهِ، يَا عُزَّى عَوِّرِيهِ وَلَا تَمُوتِي بِرَغْمٍ، فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ [امْرَأَةٌ عَجُوزٌ] سَوْدَاءُ عُرْيَانَةٌ ثَائِرَةُ الرَّأْسِ، زَادَ أَبُو الطُّفَيْلِ: تَحْثُو التُّرَابَ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا وَوَجْهِهَا. فَضَرَبَهَا خَالِدٌ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: يَا عُزَّ كُفْرَانَكِ لَا سُبْحَانَكِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَهَانَكِ فَجَزَّلَهَا اثْنَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَقَالَ: «نَعَمْ، تِلْكَ الْعُزَّى قَدْ يَئِسَتْ أَنْ تُعْبَدَ بِبِلَادِكُمْ أَبَدًا»
Translation
✧ The Detachment of Khālid b. al-Walīd to Demolish al-ʿUzzā The Prophet ﷺ sent Khālid ؓ to al-ʿUzzā to demolish it, and that was in the eighth year of the Hijrah. He set out with thirty of his companions. When he reached it, he demolished its house and came to the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “Did you see anything?” He said: “No.” He said: “Then you have not demolished it. Return to it and demolish it.” So Khālid went back, full of anger. When the custodians saw Khālid, they took to the mountain, saying: “O ʿUzzā, bewilder him! O ʿUzzā, blind him! May you not die in spite of us!” Then there came out to him an old black woman, naked, with disheveled hair. Abū al-Ṭufayl added: she was throwing dust on her head and face. Khālid struck her while saying: O ʿUzzā, your ingratitude, not your glorification! I have seen that God has humiliated you. He cut her in two, then returned to the Messenger of God ﷺ and informed him. He said: “Yes, that was al-ʿUzzā. She has despaired of ever being worshipped in your lands.”
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