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702. It was narrated that Talq bin 'ki said: "We went out as a dele~ation to the Prophet g; we gave- him our oath i f allesance and prayed with him. We told him that in our land there was a church that belonged to us. We asked him to give us the leftovers of his purification (Wudzi' water). So he called for water, performed Wudzi' and rinsed out his mouth. then he poured it into a vessel and said to us: 'Leave, and when you return to your land, demolish your church, and sprinkle this water on that place, and take it as a Masjid.' We said: 'our land is far away and it is very hot; the water wiU dry up.' He said: 'Add more water to it, for that will only make it better.' So we left and whdn we came to our land we demolished our church, then we sprinkled the water on that place and took it as a Masjid, and we called the A&in in it. The monk was a man from Tayy', and when he heard the A m n , he said: 'It is a true call.' Then he headed toward one of the hills and we never saw him again." (Sahih)
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This delegation had arrived in the very first year of the Hijrah - the emigration. A church could be made into a mosque. Its outward semblance and appearance ought to be made to look like a mosque. Hence, if there are any idols or statues, it is essential to remove them. If there are portraits or
pictures, they should also be eradicated. However, if Christians or Jews do not embrace Islam, their place of worship cannot be forcibly converted into a mosque.
