QuizTime(115) Who introduced idol-worship to Arabs & what was the first Idol was placed in the middle of the Kaaba?

 

QuizTime(115) Who introduced idol-worship to Arabs & what was the first Idol was placed in the middle of the Kaaba?

 

Ans:  Amr bin Luhai & idol (Hubal).

Most of the Arabs had complied with the message of Prophet Isma'eel (pbuh) and professed the religion of his father Prophet Ibraheem (pbuh). They had worshipped Allah, professed His Oneness and followed His religion for a long time, until a time came when they forgot part of what they had been reminded of. However, they still maintained fundamental beliefs like monotheism as well as various other aspects of Prophet Ibraheem’s religion (pbuh) until the time when a chief of Khuza‘a, namely ‘Amr bin Luhai introduced them to idol-worship. ‘Amr bin Luhai was renowned for his righteousness, charity and reverence for religion, and was granted unreserved love and obedience by his tribesmen. Once, on his return from a trip to Syria where he saw people worshipping idols (a phenomenon he approved of and believed to be righteous since Syria was the locus of Messengers and Scriptures), he brought with him an idol (Hubal), which he placed in the middle of Al-Ka‘bah (the Sacred House) and summoned people to worship it. Readily enough, paganism spread all over Makkah and then to Hijaz (the region of western Saudi Arabia bordering the Red Sea). A great many idols, bearing different names, were introduced into the area.

For more details:

Link: https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/109643/arabia-before-the-prophet-muhammad-%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDi

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By Mohammed Asif Ali. #MohammedAsifAli

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