Fuls

Posted on 03/31/2012 by marina

FULS فلس
An idol (or an idol temple), belonging to the Bani Taly, a tribe divided between the profession of idolatry and Christianity. Destroyed by Ail by order of Muhammad, A.H. 630. (Muir, vol iv p 177.)

Based on Hughes, Dictionary of Islam

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