The demolition or burning of Masjid al-Dirar (Arabic: مسجد الضرار), or the Mosque of Dissent, is mentioned in the Qur’an. Masjid al-Dirar was a Medinian mosque that was erected close to the Quba’ Mosque and which the Islamic Prophet Muhammad initially approved of but subsequently had destroyed while he was returning from the Expedition to Tabouk (which occurred in October 630 AD.
In the main account narrated by the majority of scholars, the mosque was built by twelve disaffected men from the Ansar on the commands of Abu ‘Amir al-Rahib;
a Christian monk who refused Muhammad’s invitation to Islam and instead fought along with the Meccan non-Muslims against Islam in the Battle of Uhud.
Abu ‘Amir reportedly urged his men to establish a stronghold and prepare whatever they can of power and weapons as he promised and insinuated to them that he will lead an army, backed by Heraclius,,,,
