sh ) ▁. ▁The ▁same ▁story ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁detail ▁in ▁W ah b ▁ibn ▁Mun abb ih ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁of ▁Pre - I sl am ic ▁s aga ▁and ▁l ore ▁" The ▁Book ▁of ▁The ▁Crow ns ▁of ▁Him yar ▁Kings " ▁ ▁Before ▁Islam , ▁Mad hh ij ▁had ▁its ▁own ▁Id ol ▁that ▁they ▁used ▁to ▁bring ▁in ▁the ▁year ly ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁Ka aba ▁before ▁Islam ▁( P agan ▁Arab s ▁before ▁Islam ) ▁and ▁they ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁Tal bi ya ▁specific ▁to ▁Mad hh ij ▁for ▁that ▁Id ol ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁enc irc le ▁Ka aba ▁several ▁times ▁and ▁ple ad ▁their ▁Mad hh ij ' ▁Tal bi ya ▁to ▁Al lah ▁to ▁let ▁that ▁Id ol ▁be ▁put ▁around ▁the ▁Ka aba . ▁The ▁Arab s ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁inherited ▁Ka aba ▁from ▁I bra him ▁who ▁named ▁it ▁Beit ▁Al lah , ▁( aka ▁the ▁house ▁of ▁God ) ▁but ▁in ▁much ▁later ▁ages ▁they ▁started ▁wor sh ipping ▁id ols ▁and ▁then ▁they ▁brought ▁the ▁id ols ▁to ▁Ka aba ▁to ▁bless ▁their ▁Id ols ▁by ▁God . ▁ ▁Mad hh ij ▁name ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Nam ara ▁ins cription ▁dated ▁ 3 3 0 ▁AD . ▁ ▁The ▁men ▁of ▁Mad h ' h ij ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁being ▁hard ened ▁and ▁experienced ▁war riors ▁in ▁pra ising ▁their ▁positive ▁aspect . ▁They ▁were ▁also ▁known ▁for ▁their ▁skills ▁in ▁hor ser iding ▁and ▁were ▁f amed