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bukhari:4859Muslim > Abū al-Ashhab > Abū al-Jawzāʾ > Ibn

(regarding His Statement about the Lat and the ʿUzza: Lat was originally a man who used to mix Sawiq for the pilgrim.  

البخاري:٤٨٥٩حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَشْهَبِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْجَوْزَاءِ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فِي قَوْلِهِ {اللاَّتَ وَالْعُزَّى} كَانَ الَّلاَتُ رَجُلاً يَلُتُّ سَوِيقَ الْحَاجِّ