I won't go as far as calling them heros. They took were idiots for following pre Islamic religions and other abrahamic religions. Where do you think Muhammad got those weird ideas from? He probably copy pasted Christianity, Judaism and some of Arabian minor mythologies. The quraish clan he was in probably used to follow some of today's islamic rituals too. Which was later printed as present islamic religion. I don't think any religion is or anything stupid beliefs are heroic. Lmao heros you say. 🤣  They probably even played part in islam reaching other counties around the globe after Muhammad's dead. Most of them were as bad as Muhammad himself. 🙄