Commentary on Hadeeth, - Dought & clear, - * Meaning of the hadeeth: "The Shaytaan has despaired of ever being worshipped by the worshippers in the Arabian Peninsula"

It is narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "The Shaytaan has despaired of ever being worshipped by the
worshippers in the Arabian Peninsula." In another hadeeth it says:
"Night and day will not cease until al-Laat and al-'Uzza are
worshipped." And in another hadeeth it says: "Until the buttocks of
the women of Daws bump into one another going around Dhu'l-Khalasah."
My question is: from the first hadeeth it may be understood that no
shirk will ever be committed in the Arabian Peninsula. Whereas the
second hadeeth indicates that it will be committed.
Praise be to Allaah.
One of the things that are established by the scholars is that shirk
will take place in the ummah as is indicated by the sound texts, and
reality confirms this.
Many of the Arabs apostatized after the death of the Prophet (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and many of them went back to
worshipping idols.
The mujaddid (renewer of the Faith) Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhaab said:
"Chapter: Reports that some of this ummah will worship idols", then he
mentioned some ahaadeeth which indicate that.
With regard to the hadeeth: "The Shaytaan has despaired of ever being
worshipped..." the scholars have interpreted it in several ways:
1 - That the Shaytaan has despaired of ever getting all worshippers to
unite on kufr.
This view was favoured by the great scholar Ibn Rajab
al-Hanbali.Al-Darar al-Sunnah, 12/117.
2 - That this is a report of the despair that befell the Shaytaan when
he saw the conquests and how the people entered the religion of Allaah
in crowds. So the hadeeth is telling us what the Shaytaan thought and
he expected to happen. Then what really happened was something other
than that, for a reason decreed by Allaah.
This view was favoured by Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy
on him).Al-Qawl al-Mufeed, 1/211.
3 - That the Shaytaan despaired of the believers whose faith is
complete, because the Shaytaan has no hope that they will worship him.
This view was favoured by al-Aloosi. SeeDa'aawa al-Munaawi'een, 224.
4 - That the "al-" in the word "al-musalloon" (worshippers) refers to
a specific group of worshippers, and that what is meant is the
Sahaabah.
All of these interpretations are close in meaning, and the most likely
is the second. And Allaah knows best.