"O Messenger of Allah! Make a Dhat Anwat for us as they have a Dhat Anwat.' The Prophet ﷺ said: "Subhan Allah! This is like what Musa's people said: Make for us a god like their gods. By the One in Whose is my soul! You shall follow the way of those who were before you."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَى خَيْبَرَ مَرَّ بِشَجَرَةٍ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ يُعَلِّقُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ كَمَا لَهُمْ ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ هَذَا كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى (اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ ) وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سُنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ  

[Machine] From Makkah, with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, to Hunayn, he said, "The disbelievers had a Sidrah (a tree) that they would gather at and hang their weapons on. It is called Dhāt Anwātin (a tree with mantles). So, we passed by a great green Sidrah. We said, 'O Messenger of Allah, make for us a Dhāt Anwāt.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'You have said as the people of Musa said, "Make for us a deity as they have deities." [Quran 7:138] Indeed, you are an ignorant people. Verily, these are the ways of those before you, you will follow the ways of those before you step by step."  

عَنْ مَكَّةَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ وَكَانَ لِلْكُفَّارِ سِدْرَةٌ يَعْكُفُونَ عِنْدَهَا وَيُعَلِّقُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ قَالَ فَمَرَرْنَا بِسِدْرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ عَظِيمَةٍ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةً قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ}[الأعراف 138] إِنَّهَا السُّنَنُ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سُنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ سُنَّةً سُنَّةً  

[Machine] Al-Qa'nabi narrated from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Sinan bin Abi Sinan al-Du'ali, from Abu Waqid al-Laithi who said: "We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Hunayn while we were new to Islam and the polytheists had a tree in which they would sit and hang their weapons on, called Dhat Anwat. So, we passed by the tree and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, make for us a Dhat Anwat like they have.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Allah is the Greatest! You have said just as the Children of Israel said to Musa (as), "Make for us a god as they have gods." He (Musa) said, "Verily, you are a people who know not." You are surely going to follow the ways of those who came before you.'"  

ثنا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ أَبِي سِنَانٍ الدُّؤَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ وَنَحْنُ حُدَثَاءُ عَهْدٍ بِكُفْرٍ ولِلْمُشْرِكِينَ سِدْرَةٌ يَعْكُفُونَ عِنْدَهَا ويَنُوطُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ قَالَ فَمَرَرْنَا بِالسِّدْرَةِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ كَمَا لَهُمْ ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ إِنَّهَا السُّنَنُ قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ} لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ  

"O Messenger of Allah! Make a Dhat Anwat for us as they have a Dhat Anwat.' The Prophet ﷺ said: "Subhan Allah! This is like what Musa's people said: Make for us a god like their gods. By the One in Whose is my soul! You shall follow the way of those who were before you." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2180)   

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَى حُنَيْنٍ مَرَّ بِشَجَرَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ يُعَلِّقُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ عَلَيْهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ كَمَا لَهُمْ ذَاتُ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ هَذَا كَمَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ لِمُوسَى {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ} لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ  

[Machine] We went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while we were newly converted from the era of ignorance and the tree of the Quraysh polytheists and other Arabs, called Dhāt Anwāṭ, was a great tree. They would come to it every year, hang their weapons on it, rest under it, and engage in acts of worship on that day. We saw, while walking with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a great green Sidra tree, and it called out to us from the sides of the road. So we said, "O Messenger of Allah, make a Dhāt Anwāṭ for us." He said, "Allahu Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). You said just as the people of Moses said, 'Make for us a god as they have gods'." (The verse is) to test whether you will follow the traditions of those who came before you.  

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَنَحْنُ حَدِيثُو عَهْدٍ بِجَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ لِكُفَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ وَمَنْ سِوَاهُمْ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ شَجَرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ يَأْتُونَهَا كُلَّ عَامٍ فَيُعَلِّقُونَ بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ ويُرِيحُونَ تَحْتَهَا وَيَعْكُفُونَ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمًا فَرَأَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ نَسِيرُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سِدْرَةً خَضْرَاءَ عَظِيمَةً فَتَنَادَيْنَا مِنْ جَنَبَاتِ الطَّرِيقِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَاتَ أَنْوَاطٍ فَقَالَ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ قُلْتُمْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى {اجْعَلْ لَنَا إِلَهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ آلِهَةٌ} الْآيَةَ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سَنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ  

"عَنْ أَبِي وَاقِدٍ قَالَ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ الله ﷺ إلى حُنَيْنٍ وَنَحْنُ حُدَثَاءُ عَهْدٍ بِكُفْرٍ وللمشركين سدرة يَعْكُفُونَ عِنْدَهَا وينوطون بِهَا أَسْلِحَتَهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهَا: ذَات أَنْوَاطٍ فَمَرَرْنَا بِالسدْرَةِ فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: اجْعَلْ لَنَا ذَات أَنْوَاطٍ كمَا لَهُمْ ذَات أَنْوَاطٍ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قُلْتُمْ وَالذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ كَمَا قَالَتْ بَنُو إسْرَائِيل اجْعَلْ لَنَا إلهًا كَمَا لَهُم آلِهَة، لَتَرْكَبُنَّ سنَنَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبَلَكُمْ".