▁occurred ▁in ▁April ▁and ▁May ▁ 6 3 2 ▁AD , ▁in ▁ 1 0 ▁A H ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁calendar . ▁S ources ▁refer ▁to ▁D h ul - K hal asa , ▁( ▁), ▁as ▁both ▁a ▁cult ▁image ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁temple . ▁It ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Ka aba ▁of ▁Y emen , ▁v ener ated ▁by ▁some ▁Arab ian ▁tribes . ▁Muhammad ▁had ▁sent ▁the ▁companion ▁Jar ir ▁ibn ▁` Ab d ul lah ▁al - B aj ali , ▁to ▁destroy ▁the ▁image , ▁leaving ▁in ▁ru in ▁the ▁shr ine ▁surrounding ▁it . ▁The ▁cult ▁image ▁was ▁of ▁white ▁stone ▁or ▁quart z , ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁a ▁pill ar , ▁column , ▁or ▁ph all ic ▁symbol , ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁emb roid ered ▁with ▁a ▁stone ▁crown . ▁ ▁Background ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 7 th ▁century , ▁the ▁worship ▁of ▁D h ul - K hal asa ▁was ▁popular ▁in ▁some ▁regions ▁of ▁Arab ia . ▁Its ▁principal ▁san ctu ary ▁was ▁the ▁famous ▁al - K a ' bah ▁al - Y am ani y ah ▁( the ▁' Y emen ite ▁Ka ' ba '), ▁rival ing ▁that ▁of ▁Me cca , ▁and ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁As ir ▁region , ▁south ▁of ▁Me cca . ▁ ▁The ▁Temple ▁of ▁D h ul - K hal asa ▁res ided ▁at ▁Tab ala , ▁and ▁was ▁worship ed ▁by ▁the ▁B aj ila ▁and ▁Kh ath ' am ▁tribes