This is the first book of the Mishneh Torah of the Rambam, Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon. Laws of Torah Study.
This chapter explains the laws of idolatry, its implements, and the prohibition against profiting from them. It distinguishes between the idolatry of a non-Jew and that of a Jew. It covers the reward for one who makes an idol and for one who buys metal fragments from an idolater. It addresses a convert and an idolater who inherited from their father. It discusses sculptures made for beauty versus idolatry and the difference between idolatry in a city and idolatry in a town. It covers idols found in marketplaces and idolatry that has become mixed with other idols. It addresses idolatry or an Asherah pole (tree of idolatry) that has been burned, the doubt of idolatry, or the double doubt. It covers all the laws prohibiting profit from the Asherah pole or from idolatry.