Who Was Amr ibn Luhayy? Who brought idols to Arabia in Islamic History

Before the worldBefore Adam

The first nationsAdam to Shuayb

Egypt and Bani Israilc. 1300–1000 BCE

Bani Israil and Romec. 1000 BCE – 250 CE

Arabia before IslamUp to 570 CE

Enemies of the Prophet ﷺ610–632 CE

After the Prophet ﷺ632–1000 CE

Crusades and conquests1090–1502 CE

The end of timeStill to come

Ten signs before the Hour

Isa ibn Maryam descends
A landslide in the east
A landslide in the west
A landslide in Arabia
The smoke
The sun rises from the west
The Beast of the earth
A fire from Yemen drives people to their gathering

Sahih Muslim lists ten major signs before the Hour without fixing their order. This follows a common order given by the scholars. Sahih Muslim 2901a ↗

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عمرو بن لحي

Amr ibn Luhayy

Who brought idols to ArabiaCenturies before Islam

Relied onHis rank as lord of Makkah

Undone byWhat the Prophet ﷺ was shown

A chief of Khuza'ah who ruled Makkah. He brought idols from Syria, set them around the Kaaba, and invented rules for camels set loose in the idols' names, changing the religion of Ibrahim.

How it ended

The Prophet ﷺ said he saw him in the Fire dragging his intestines; he was the first to set camels loose for the idols.

Allah has not appointed [such innovations as] bahirah or sa'ibah or wasilah or ham. But those who disbelieve invent falsehood about Allah, and most of them do not reason.
Quran 5:103

The lessonOne leader's innovation can mislead a people for centuries.

In the Quran

5:103 6:136-140 53:19-23

Stood against
Source: Authentic hadithThe vision is in Sahih al-Bukhari. That he brought the idol Hubal from Syria is from Ibn Ishaq.Sahih al-Bukhari 3521 ↗

Every villain in Islamic history, from Iblis to the Dajjal

Each entry is drawn from the Quran, authentic hadith (with links to sunnah.com), the classical commentators and the historians. Companions who fought Islam and later became Muslim are not included, nor are figures Muslims disagree about.