Hubal
هبل
Hubal — a pre-Islamic Arabian idol.
At a glance
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Overview
Hubal: Amr ibn Luhayy carried it from Hit in the land of Iraq and set it on the Ka'ba's hollow; it was Quraysh's greatest idol, and beside it stood the divining arrows they used.
In the sira presentation
Al-Mubarakpuri mentions that idolatry entered the Arabs in the time of Amr ibn Luhayy, who saw the people of al-Balqa venerating idols and carried them to the Hijaz — until every clan had an idol and every house an idol 1.
For young visitors
Hubal is an idol some Arabs worshipped before Islam instead of God — until Islam demolished all the idols.
Connections
- Made by
- ʿAmr ibn Luḥayy
- Made in
- Mecca
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Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Akhbar Makka — al-Azraqi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Hubal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/hubal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.