Battle of Tabuk, but Tabari himself did not make that claim. William Muir mentions that Muhammad believed the Mosque was built to create disunity among Muslims by drawing people away from another Mosque in Quba i.e. Masjid al-Quba, which was the first Mosque to be built by Muslims. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab at-Tamimi mentioned in an abridged version of Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya's biography of Muhammad (named Zad al-Ma'ad), that the mosque was burnt down, and he also used this event to justify his belief that burning down places of sin is permissible in Islam. Islamic sources Primary sources The event is mentioned in the Quran verse 9:107, the verse states: The Muslim scholar Ibn Kathir's commentary on this verse is as follows: The event is mentioned by the Muslim jurist Tabari as follows: Secondary sources Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab at-Tamimi (founder of the Wahhabi movement) mentioned the following in an abridged version of Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya's biography of Muhammad (named Zad al-Ma'ad), about this event: See also Mosque References 630 disestablishments 7th-century conflicts Life of Muhammad Mosques in Medina 7th-century mosques