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 "id": "event/demolition-of-al-lat",
 "class": "event",
 "slug": "demolition-of-al-lat",
 "label": {
  "en": "The demolition of al-Lat",
  "ar": "هدم اللات"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "Fulfilling the Thaqif treaty's clause, the Prophet sent Khalid ibn al-Walid who demolished al-Lat at al-Ta'if; al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba struck its gate with the pickaxe after feigning a collapse that terrified the onlookers, and its ornaments and covering were divided the same day.",
  "ar": "بعث النبي خالد بن الوليد فهدموا اللات بالطائف تنفيذاً لشرط الصلح، وضرب المغيرة بن شعبة بابها بالكُرزُن بعد أن سقط يمازحهم فأُرعب أهل الطائف، فسُويت بالأرض وأُخرج حليها وكسوتها فقُسم من يومه."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "people",
  "objects"
 ],
 "regions": [
  "arabia"
 ],
 "periods": [
  "period/prophetic-era"
 ],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "sacred-space-and-pilgrimage"
 ],
 "span": {
  "earliest": 630.9143240449839,
  "latest": 630.9991991621687
 },
 "display": {
  "start": {
   "edtf": "0630-12~",
   "hijri": "0009-09",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition"
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "0630-12~",
   "hijri": "0009-09",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition"
  }
 },
 "data": {
  "kind": "other",
  "date": {
   "start": {
    "edtf": "0630-12~",
    "hijri": "0009-09",
    "calendar": "julian",
    "precision": "month",
    "status": "tradition"
   }
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/mubarakpuri-raheeq",
   "source/ibn-hisham-sira",
   "source/zad-al-maad"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin; al-Raheeq al-Makhtum pp. 440-454 (batch 22)"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "نفّذ خالد بن الوليد شرط صلح ثقيف فهدم اللات بالطائف في رمضان سنة 9هـ، وضرب [[person/al-mughira-ibn-shuba|المغيرة بن شعبة]] بابها بالكُرزُن، وقُسم حليها وكسوتها من يومها {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص449}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "خبر الوقعة",
     "markdown": "اشترطت ثقيف في صلحها أن يتولى النبي هدم اللات وألا يهدمونها بأيديهم أبداً فقبل ذلك {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص448}. فبعث النبي رجالاً أمر عليهم خالد بن الوليد {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص449؛ ibn-hisham-sira}. وقام المغيرة بن شعبة فأخذ الكُرزُن وقال لأصحابه: والله لأضحكنكم من ثقيف، فضرب ثم سقط يركض، فارتجّ أهل الطائف وقالوا: أبعد الله المغيرة قتلته الربة {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص449}. فوثب المغيرة وقال: قبحكم الله إنما هي لكاع حجارة ومدر، ثم ضرب الباب فكسره وعلا أعلى سورها وعلا الرجال فهُدمت وسُوّيت بالأرض حتى حُفر أساسها وأُخرج حليها ولباسها {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص449}. فرجع خالد بمفرزته إلى النبي بحليها وكسوتها فقسمه من يومه وحمد الله على نصرة نبيه وإعزاز دينه {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq ص449؛ zad-al-maad}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "للزوار الصغار",
     "markdown": "كان للات بيت يعظمه أهل الطائف، فلما أسلموا طلبوا ألا يهدمونه بأيديهم، فأرسل النبي رجالاً هدموه ووزّعوا ما فيه على الفقراء من يومهم."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/demolition-of-al-lat",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   }
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Khalid ibn al-Walid carried out the peace term with Thaqif and demolished al-Lat at al-Ta'if in Ramadan 9 AH; [[person/al-mughira-ibn-shuba|al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba]] struck its door with the pickaxe, and its ornaments and covering were divided that same day {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 449}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The account",
     "markdown": "In their peace Thaqif stipulated that the Prophet undertake the demolition of al-Lat and that they never demolish it with their own hands, and he accepted {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 448}. The Prophet sent men under the command of Khalid ibn al-Walid {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 449; ibn-hisham-sira}. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba rose, took the pickaxe and said to his companions: by God, I will make you laugh at Thaqif; he struck, then fell trembling, and the people of al-Ta'if were shaken and said: may God remove al-Mughira — the goddess has killed him {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 449}. Al-Mughira sprang up and said: God shame you — she is only a thing of stones and clay; then he struck the door and broke it, climbed atop its wall and the men climbed too, and it was demolished and levelled to the ground until its foundations were dug out and its ornaments and covering brought out {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 449}. Khalid returned to the Prophet with his detachment carrying its ornaments and covering, which he divided that very day, praising God for aiding His Prophet and exalting His religion {cite:mubarakpuri-raheeq p. 449; zad-al-maad}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "For young visitors",
     "markdown": "Al-Lat had a house the people of al-Ta'if held sacred; when they became Muslim they asked not to demolish it with their own hands, so the Prophet sent men who demolished it and distributed what was in it to the poor that same day."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/demolition-of-al-lat",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Devin (SWE-2), draft translation"
    ]
   }
  }
 },
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   "to": "person/al-mughira-ibn-shuba",
   "type": "had_participant",
   "inverse": true,
   "role": "مهدّم الصنم بالكُرزُن",
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   "to": "place/taif",
   "type": "occurred_at",
   "inverse": false
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  {
   "to": "person/khalid-ibn-al-walid",
   "type": "had_participant",
   "inverse": true
  },
  {
   "to": "event/delegation-of-thaqif",
   "type": "caused_by",
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 "related": [
  "event/siege-of-taif",
  "group/thaqif",
  "event/battle-of-hunayn",
  "person/abd-yalil-ibn-amr",
  "person/al-mughira-ibn-shuba",
  "person/muhammad",
  "person/uthman-ibn-abi-al-as",
  "place/taif"
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 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
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