Dhul Khalasa

Dhul-Khalasa was a god or temple of pre-Islamic Arabia, associated with the worship of the tribe of Banu Daws. This cult is only attested in Islamic sources, especially hadith and in the Book of Idols of Hisham ibn al-Kalbi. In some sources, Dhul Khalasa appears as the name of a god. According to other sources, the god was called al-Khalasa, whereas Dhul Khalasa was the name of the building or temple that this idol is associated with. A third interpretation in Islamic sources is that al-Khalasa is the name of the people who worshiped at the Dhul Khalasa temple. Islamic tradition described the temple as one of the several non-Meccan Kaabas at the time. It was called the "Southern Kaaba" to distinguish it from the Kaaba of Mecca.
According to Islamic tradition, the temple of Dhul Khalasa was demolished in April and May 632 CE, in 10 AH of the Islamic calendar. The demolition was carried out by on the order of Muhammad, leaving the shrine in ruins.

Islamic primary sources

From classical sources there is an association between the god with divination and fertility. Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi quotes from a certain man: “O Dhul-Khalasa, were the one wronged, your father the one murdered and buried, you would not have forbidden the killing of the
enemy.” This incident is usually ascribed to Imru' al-Qais, when shuffling divination arrows before the idol, gave negative results for pursuing the vengeance of his father's death.
records the following in a report about the signs of the end-times: "Abu Hurairah said, I heard the Prophet say, The Hour will not come until the buttocks of the women of Daws are set in motion while going around Dhul-Khalasa. Dhul-Khalasa was an idol worshiped by the tribe of Daws during the Jahiliyyah."

Demolition of the temple of Dhul Khalasa

The Muslim historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, mentions this event as follows:
The incident is also referenced in the Sahih Bukhari hadith collection:
The event is also mentioned in, and.