Al-Bayhaqī (1) transmits—through Ibn Isḥāq, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr, ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, from his father—that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca on the day of the Conquest while three hundred idols stood upon the Kaʿbah. He took the small rod in his hand and began gesturing toward each idol as he advanced, continuing in that manner until he had passed by them all.
Suwayd likewise reports, through al-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār and Ibn ʿUmar, that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca he found three hundred and sixty idols there. He pointed at each one with a stick, declaring:
“Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished; indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.”
He never pointed to an idol without it toppling over, though his stick never actually touched it.
He then added: “Although this isnād is weak, the previous narration corroborates it.”
Hanbal ibn Isḥāq (2) states: Abū al-Rabīʿ narrated to us, from Yaʿqūb al-Qummī, from Jaʿfar ibn Abī al-Mughīrah, from Ibn Abzā, who said: When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, conquered Mecca, an old, grey-haired Ethiopian woman came, clawing at her face and crying out in despair. The Prophet said, “That is Nāʾilah; she has lost all hope of ever being worshipped in your city again.”
Ibn Hishām (3) relates: A trustworthy transmitter among the scholars of narration told me—with his chain via Ibn Shihāb, ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUtbah, and Ibn ʿAbbās—that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, entered Mecca on the day of the Conquest mounted on his camel. He performed ṭawāf upon it, while around the Kaʿbah stood idols fastened with lead. The Prophet would point at them with the rod in his hand, repeating:
“Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished; indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.”
Whenever he gestured at the front of an idol, it fell backward; when he gestured at its back, it fell forward. Not a single idol remained upright. At that sight Tamīm ibn Asad al-Khuzaʿī recited:
In those idols lies a lesson and a sign
For one who seeks reward or fears the punishment divine.
In Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim (4), through Shaybān ibn Farrūkh, Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah, Thābit, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rabāḥ and Abū Hurayrah, it is related that during the Conquest of Mecca the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, approached the Black Stone and touched it. He circumambulated the House, then came to an idol that the people used to worship beside the Kaʿbah. In his hand was a bow, which he held by its string. When he reached the idol he began thrusting the tip of the bow into its eye, saying:
“Truth has come, and falsehood has vanished; indeed, falsehood is ever bound to vanish.”
After completing his ṭawāf, he went up to al-Ṣafā, ascended it until the House came into view, raised his hands, praised Allah and supplicated as he wished.