Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 85:8

ש"מ תלת ש"מ עובד כוכבים מבטל עבודת כוכבים שלו ושל חבירו וש"מ יודע בטיב של עבודת כוכבים ומשמשיה מבטל ושאינו יודע בטיב עבודת כוכבים ומשמשיה אינו מבטל וש"מ עובד כוכבים מבטל בעל כרחו

Learn three lessons from this: Learn from this that an idolater can annul an idolatrous object which belongs to him or to a fellow non-Jew; Learn from this, that if [the idolater] understands the nature of the idolatrous object and its accessories he can annul it, but if he does not know the nature of the idolatrous object and its accessories he cannot annul it; and third, one may force an idolater to annul the object.

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