Destruction of Masjid al-Dirar

The hypocrites built a mosque near Quba ostensibly for worship but actually as a center of conspiracy against the Muslim community and as a base for Abu Amir al-Rahib, a monk who had allied with the Byzantines. They invited the Prophet to pray in it, but Allah revealed: 'And those who took a mosque for causing harm, disbelief, division among the believers, and as a station for whoever had warred against Allah and His Messenger before' (9:107). The Prophet ordered it demolished upon his return from Tabuk.