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After the people had left, the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, stood
up and continued to offer his prayer. After the completion of the prayer he passed a
group of the Koraysh who were sitting in the shade of Ka‟bah and said to them, “O
assembly of Koraysh, I swear by the One who controls the life of Muhammad that I have
been sent to slaughter you.” As the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
spoke he indicated to them by passing his finger across his throat. Abu Jahl said to the
Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, “You have never been one to make
foolish statements.” Whereupon the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
said to him, „You are also among them (meaning those who will be killed).‟”
Urwa, son of Zubair narrates that he asked Abdullah, son of Amr, “In venting out their
enmity, what was the most harmful thing you saw the Koraysh do to the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him?” Abdullah, son of Amr told him of the time when
he was sitting with a group of the hierarchy of the Koraysh who had gathered under the
elevated door of Ka‟bah (Hateem) and were saying to one another. “We have never had
to put up with so much as we have had to tolerate from this man (the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him)! He has made fools of our intelligent people,
up and continued to offer his prayer. After the completion of the prayer he passed a
group of the Koraysh who were sitting in the shade of Ka‟bah and said to them, “O
assembly of Koraysh, I swear by the One who controls the life of Muhammad that I have
been sent to slaughter you.” As the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
spoke he indicated to them by passing his finger across his throat. Abu Jahl said to the
Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, “You have never been one to make
foolish statements.” Whereupon the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him,
said to him, „You are also among them (meaning those who will be killed).‟”
Urwa, son of Zubair narrates that he asked Abdullah, son of Amr, “In venting out their
enmity, what was the most harmful thing you saw the Koraysh do to the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him?” Abdullah, son of Amr told him of the time when
he was sitting with a group of the hierarchy of the Koraysh who had gathered under the
elevated door of Ka‟bah (Hateem) and were saying to one another. “We have never had
to put up with so much as we have had to tolerate from this man (the Messenger of
Allah, praise and peace be upon him)! He has made fools of our intelligent people,