"Abraham used to worship the idol, i.e., the one named al-Uzza in Harran, as a hanif, as you agree, O you hanif….He abandoned al-hanifiyya, which is the worship of idols, and became a monotheist….Therefore we find al-hanifiyya in God’s revealed scriptures as a name for the worship of idols."
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