The Demolition of al-Uzza and Major Idols
هدم العزى ومنائر الأصنام الكبرى
c. January 630 CE · Ramadan 8 AH
In Ramadan 8 AH immediately following the conquest of Mecca, the Prophet dispatched detachments to obliterate the major pagan sanctuaries of Arabia: Khalid ibn al-Walid destroyed al-Uzza at Nakhla, Amr ibn al-As demolished Suwa' of Hudhayl, and Sa'd ibn Zayd al-Ashhali destroyed Manat at al-Mushallal.
At a glance
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Sides
Pagan shrine custodians
Connections
- Had participant
- Sa'd ibn Zayd al-AshhaliKhalid ibn al-WalidAmr ibn al-As
- Occurred at
- Mecca
- Part of
- The Prophetic Era
- Caused by
- The Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)
People and things also explored
The Battle of HunaynThe early Muslim communityQurayshThe Conquest of Mecca (Fath Makka)MuhammadMeccaThe Battle of UhudThe Expedition of Dhat al-Salasil
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Zad al-Ma'ad — Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Demolition of al-Uzza and Major Idols”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/demolition-of-al-uzza-and-idols/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.