Expedition of Khalid ibn al-Walid (2nd Dumatul Jandal)

Wadd

Main article: Wadd

Wadd () meaning the God of Love and Friendship, also known as Almaqah, ʻAmm and Sīn, was the Minaean moon god. Snakes were held sacred to the believers of Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'an (71:23) as a God in the time of the Prophet, Noah.

Before it razed by invasion of Khalid, the temple of Wadd was located at Dumatol Jandal.

Expedition

Muhammad sent Khalid ibn Walid to demolish Wadd after the battle of Tabuk , an idol worshipped by the Banu Kalb tribe.

Khalid went to Dumat Al-Jandal to destroy it, but the Banu Abd-Wadd and the Banu Amir al Ajdar tribes resisted. Khalid slew all resistance, Ibn Kalbi also mentions that among those slaughtered were Qatan ibn-Shurayb, whose mother wept at his death and fell over to his body and started sobbing until she died. Khalid demolished the deistic symbol and destroyed the entire shrine.

Islamic primary sources

The Muslim historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, mentions this event as follows:

"Verily friendiship doth never last, Nor do the blissful times 'er endure; A mother's love doth not save a son From misfortune, nor his life insure." She then said:

"O thou the centre of my love, The source of all my joy and mirth! Would that thy mother were never born, Nor e'er to thee hath given birth." After which she fell over his body sobbing and died. Hassan ibn-Masad, the cousin of al-Ukaydir the ruler of Dumat al-Jandal, was also killed. [In short] it was Khalid who destroyed [Wadd].

[The Book of Idols, By Hisham Ibn-Al-Kalbi, Pg 48-49]

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