“O ʿUzzā, may blasphemy be yours, not ‘Glory be to you’—
I have seen that God Himself has debased you!”

Khalid then demolished the building in which the idol stood, collected whatever valuables it contained, and—may Allah be pleased with him—returned to inform the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet said,
“That was al-ʿUzzā, and she shall never again be worshipped.”

Al-Bayhaqī reports: Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Faqīh told us; Muhammad ibn Abī Jaʿfar told us; Ahmad ibn ʿAlī related to us; Abū Kurayb narrated, from Ibn Fuḍayl, from al-Walīd ibn Jumayʿ, from Abū al-Ṭufayl, who said:

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ conquered Mecca, he sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to Nakhlah, where al-ʿUzzā was located. Khalid reached the site; the idol stood upon three acacia trees, so he cut the trees down and pulled down the shrine built over them. He then returned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him. The Prophet replied,
“Go back, for you have not yet accomplished anything.”

Khalid went back. When the custodians—the shrine’s keepers—saw him, they fled deep into the mountain calling out:
“O ʿUzzā, overpower him! O ʿUzzā, lay him low! Otherwise, die in spite!”

Khalid pressed on until he reached the idol; there stood a naked woman with unkempt hair, flinging dust upon her head and face. He struck her squarely with his sword until he killed her, then returned to the Prophet and told him what had happened. The Prophet said,
“That was al-ʿUzzā.”

Section on the length of his stay—peace and blessings be upon him—in Mecca

There is unanimous agreement that he remained for the rest of the month of Ramadan, shortening the prayer and not fasting. This is evidence for the scholars who hold that a traveler who has not decided to settle may shorten the prayer and break the fast for up to eighteen days according to one opinion, and for a longer period according to the other, as explained elsewhere.

Al-Bukhārī (2) states: Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us—(and) Qabīṣah narrated to us; Sufyān narrated to us—from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Isḥāq, from Anas ibn Mālik, who said: “We stayed with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for ten days, shortening the prayer.”

The remaining compilers have likewise transmitted the report through several chains from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Isḥāq al-Ḥaḍramī al-Baṣrī, from Anas, with similar wording.