and sixty idols. He would point at each one with a stick, without naming it, and recite: “Truth has come and falsehood has vanished; indeed, falsehood is ever bound to perish” (al-Isrāʾ 81). He never pointed at an idol without it collapsing.

ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated—from Ayyūb—from ʿIkrimah—from Ibn ʿAbbās—that when the Prophet ﷺ arrived in Mecca he refused to enter the Kaʿbah while any deities remained inside. He ordered that they be taken out, and the images of Abraham and Ishmael were removed, each holding divining arrows. He said, “May Allah destroy them! By Allah, they certainly knew those two never sought omens with these arrows even once.”

He then entered the House and pronounced the takbīr in all its corners. Recorded by al-Bukhārī.

Maʿmar related—from Ayyūb—from ʿIkrimah—from Ibn ʿAbbās—that when the Prophet ﷺ saw the pictures inside the Kaʿbah he would not enter until he had ordered them erased. He noticed depictions of Abraham and Ishmael holding divining arrows and said, “May Allah destroy them! By Allah, they never cast lots with those arrows at all.” Sound.

Abū’z-Zubayr transmitted—from Jābir—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not enter the House until the pictures had been removed. Sound.

Hawdhah said: ʿAwf al-Aʿrābī told us, from a man, who said: In the Year of the Conquest the Messenger of Allah ﷺ summoned Shaybah ibn ʿUthmān, handed him the key, and said, “Take it; you are Allah’s trustee over His House.”

Al-Wāqidī commented: This is an error; rather, he gave the key to ʿUthmān ibn Ṭalḥah, the son of