Wadd
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Wadd — a pre-Islamic Arabian idol.
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Overview
Wadd: the idol of Kalb ibn Wada'a at Dumat al-Jandal; it was said to be the image of a man who had held its place before.
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
Wadd is an idol some Arabs worshipped before Islam instead of God — until Islam demolished all the idols.
Connections
- Held by
- Kalb
- Made in
- Dumat al-Jandal
People and things also explored
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Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Akhbar Makka — al-Azraqi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Wadd”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/wadd/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.