He said, "I swore by al-Lat and al-Uzza."His companions said to him, "You have spoken something abominable."So he went to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "My time in disbelief was recent, and I swore by al-Lat and al-Uzza."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Say, 'There is no god but Allah alone,' three times, then spit lightly to your left three times, seek refuge with Allah, and do not do it again."
حلفت باللات والعزى. فقال أصحابي: قد قلت هجرا، فأتيت النبي ﷺ فقلت: إن العهد كان قريبا، وإني حلفت باللات والعزى، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: قل: لا إله إلا الله وحده، ثلاثا، ثم انفث عن يسارك ثلاثا، وتعوذ ولا تعد.
Narrated by Nasai (3776), Ibn Majah (2097), and Ahmad (1589), and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (4364), all of them through various routes from Abu Ishaq Sabi, from Musab bin Saad, from his father Saad bin Abu Waqqas, and he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih. Abu Ishaq Sabi is Amr bin Abdullah, who became confused in his memory before his death, but in some of its routes it was narrated from him by Israil bin Yunus bin Abu Ishaq, and his narration from him is of the utmost soundness.The meaning of the hadith is that whoever swears by Lat and Uzza has, as it were, set up a partner with Allah, so he should correct this by saying, "There is no god but Allah alone," three times, and seek refuge with Allah from the accursed devil, for by doing this he will return to monotheism and the devil's whisperings will leave him.As for His saying, "and Manat" [Najm 53:20], it was a place at Mushallal between Makkah and Madinah, and Khuza, Aws, and Khazraj used to venerate it in the pre-Islamic era, and they used to begin their pilgrimage rites from it for the Hajj to the House of Allah, as has come in the sahih.