The raid of Amr ibn al-As, to Ruhat, took place in January 630 AD, 8AH, 9th month, of the Islamic Calendar.
In the same month the idol Al-Uzza was demolished by Khalid ibn al-Walid, âÂÂAmr bin Al-âÂÂAs was sent on an errand to destroy another idol, worshipped by Banu Hudhail, called SuwaâÂÂ. It used to stand at a distance of three kilometres from Makkah.
On a question posed by the door-keeper, âÂÂAmr said he had been ordered by Muhammad to knock down the idol. The man warned âÂÂAmr that he would not be able to do it. âÂÂAmr approached the idol and destroyed it, then he broke the casket beside it but found nothing. The man immediately embraced Islam.