Delegation of Thaqif and Acceptance of Islam by Ta'if

About a year after the failed siege of Ta'if, the Thaqif tribe sent a delegation to Medina to negotiate their acceptance of Islam. They initially asked to keep their idol al-Lat for three years, then one year, then one month, all of which the Prophet refused. They also asked to be exempted from prayer, but the Prophet said: 'There is no good in a religion that has no prayer.' They finally accepted all conditions. The Prophet sent Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah to destroy al-Lat.