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Summary
Wadd is one of the five idols of Noah's people that the Qur'an names. In al-Raheeq al-Makhtum's narration from al-Bukhari, Amr ibn Luhayy brought it out of Jeddah and handed it to the tribes 1 2.
Among the idols of Noah's people
Al-Raheeq al-Makhtum mentions that Amr ibn Luhayy had a jinn familiar who told him that the idols of Noah's people, Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr, were buried at Jeddah. He went there, unearthed them, and brought them to Tihama. When the pilgrimage season came, he gave them to the tribes, and they took them back to their homelands, until each tribe had an idol and then each house 1 2. The rites of its worship are covered in Idol worship in the Jahiliyya.
Not covered here
Wadd's place at Dumat al-Jandal among Kalb, in the data of this entry.
For young visitors
Wadd is a very ancient idol from the time of Noah's people. Amr ibn Luhayy brought it out and gave it to one of the tribes to worship.
Connections
- Held by
- Kalb
- Made in
- Dumat al-Jandal
People and things also explored
The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal· Khalid's mission to Ukaydir of Dumat al-Jandal· Khalid Kills Ukaydir and Takes Dumat al-Jandal· Muslim ibn ʿUqba at Dūmat al-Jandal — the town that would give bayʿa to neither (39 AH)· Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf's detachment to Dumat al-Jandal· Dumat al-Jandal· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· Intellectual invasion (al-ghazw al-fikri) in the Sheikh's view
Sources
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri , p.35
- Sahih al-Bukhari , 1/222
- Akhbar Makka — al-Azraqi
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islam.museum contributors. “Wadd”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/wadd/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.