The raid of Amr ibn al-As,[3] to Ruhat, took place in January 630 AD, 8AH, 9th month, of the Islamic Calendar.
[4][5][6] In the same month the idol Al-Uzza was demolished by Khalid ibn al-Walid, ‘Amr bin Al-‘As was sent on an errand to destroy another idol, worshipped by Banu Hudhail, called Suwa‘.
It used to stand at a distance of three kilometres[citation needed] from Makkah.
On a question posed by the door-keeper, ‘Amr said he had been ordered by Muhammad to knock down the idol.
‘Amr approached the idol and destroyed it, then he broke the casket beside it but found nothing.