Islamabad Hindu Temple
If you are doubting the authenticity of the hadith, it is a different matter. My assertion is based on the assumption that Prophet indeed said it. On your second point, that a hadith is not just a text, but has a context behind it, please provide the detailed context of this statement from Prophet. Where can we find it ? Please explain if he meant to exclude the evil of polytheism from this directive to Muslims to stop the evil. This hadith is relevant to the discussion, unless it is proven that Prophet didn’t mean to include polytheism in his comment.
You need to understand the difference between God’s rights and human rights first. Otherwise it’s hard to reach an agreement on the temple issue The quran is full of verses telling prophet mohammad SW to just convey the message and whether they accept it or not should not be his concern. Killing infidels was a punishment of God to His criminals that He asked his messenger to carry out in His behalf. At times God did this punishment to the people of His messengers through natural calamity or other means. You can join conquest of Mecca to learn more about this topic.