Sirat Ibn Hisham 101
What the Arabs used to do with the idols
[ مَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُهُ الْعَرَبُ مَعَ الْأَصْنَامِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَاِتَّخَذَ أَهْلُ كُلِّ دَارٍ فِي دَارِهِمْ صَنَمًا يَعْبُدُونَهُ، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ سَفَرًا تَمَسَّحَ بِهِ حِينَ يَرْكَبُ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ آخِرَ مَا يَصْنَعُ حِينَ يَتَوَجَّهُ إلَى سَفَرِهِ، وَإِذَا قَدِمَ مِنْ سَفَرِهِ تَمَسَّحَ بِهِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلَ مَا يَبْدَأُ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ، قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ: أَجَعَلَ الْآلِهَةَ إِلَهًا وَاحِدًا إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ وَكَانَتْ الْعَرَبُ قَدْ اتَّخَذَتْ مَعَ الْكَعْبَةِ طَوَاغِيتَ وَهِيَ بُيُوتٌ تُعَظِّمُهَا كَتَعْظِيمِ الْكَعْبَةِ، لَهَا سَدَنَةٌ وَحُجَّابٌ، وَتُهْدِي لَهَا كَمَا تُهْدِي لِلْكَعْبَةِ، وَتَطُوفُ بِهِ كَطَوَافِهَا بِهَا، وَتَنْحَرُ عِنْدَهَا. وَهَى تَعْرِفُ فَضْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ عَلَيْهَا، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَدْ عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهَا بَيْتُ إبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلِ وَمَسْجِدُهُ
Translation
✧ [ What the Arabs used to do with the idols ] Ibn Isḥāq said: The people of every house took an idol in their house to worship. When a man among them wanted to travel, he would wipe himself on it when he mounted, and that was the last thing he did when setting out on his journey. When he returned from his journey, he would wipe himself on it, and that was the first thing he began with before entering upon his family. When Allah sent His Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ with monotheism, Quraysh said: “Has he made the gods one God? Indeed, this is a strange thing.” (38:5) The Arabs had taken, along with the Kaʿbah, ṭawāghīt, which were houses they venerated like the veneration of the Kaʿbah. They had custodians and doorkeepers, and they offered gifts to them as they offered gifts to the Kaʿbah, and they circumambulated them as they circumambulated it, and they sacrificed at them. They recognized the excellence of the Kaʿbah over them, because they knew that it was the house of Ibrāhīm the Friend and his mosque.
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