Allah’s name is invoked in abundance, He is not associated with any partner, and belief in all His scriptures and messengers is affirmed—such an act is reform, not corruption.

For this reason the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—ordered that the idolaters’ temples be converted into mosques. The tribe of Thaqif in Taʾif, for example, had a shrine in which they worshipped al-Lat, about whom Allah said,

“Have you, then, considered al-Lat and al-ʿUzza?” (al-Najm 53:19).

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—commanded that this shrine be demolished and that a mosque be built in its place where Allah alone is worshipped, for mosques are