The chiefs of Quraish were caught in a heated conversation at the Haram al-Sharif:

“We have never seen anything like this before! What kind of disgrace is this!?”

“No such thing has ever happened in the history Quraish before… The other clans are going to be ashamed of us…”

“It is unacceptable! To leave the gods of our ancestors and believe in some new god!? Absolutely unacceptable!”

“What’s worse, he claims to be the Rasul of that god! He’s not even one of the nobles…”

“What about how he defames and insults our gods? How dare he!? This is outrageous!”

“Surely the poor will support him, it suits their book! They think they are going to become our equal by following him!”

“The youth and the women are half brained anyway…”

“We must find a solution to this nonsense!”

“How? Abu Talib and Hamza are in the way… There are too many considerable people in between…”   

As they were vehemently pouring out their troubles to one another, our Master walked in front of the Kaaba and gave salam to the Hajar al-aswad (the Black Stone) then started to circumambulate (tawaf) the Kaaba…

Just as he was passing from in front of them, one of them remarked: 

“There goes the whacko! He’s making a new spell to deviate more people! 

Our Master was irate to hear such abasing talk regarding Allah and His religion… Despite this he remained silent and continued his tawaf… The second time he came around to where they were sitting, again they raised their voices:

“If he were just a whacko! What about taking advantage of the half-brained youth and the women!?”

Again, our Master remained silent and continued his tawaf…

The third time he came around to the same position they took it one step further:

“Allah is just a made-up story! His real mission is to rule over us! He’s after our wealth and women!”

This time our Master stopped right in front of them and said:

“O people of Quraish! Listen well… I swear by Allah, in whose hands of power lies my being, that I have stopped to inform you of the news I have acquired regarding your death and destruction! And so now you know…”

The effect of this was unfathomable! All of their heads fell forward as if hefty weights had been put on them…

They were left speechless and horrified… Even Abu Jahil, who had been the most daring and hurtful to our Master, was sitting silently with his tail between his legs… Nobody was able to say anything until finally Abu Jahil timidly broke the silence and said:

 “O Abu Qasim! Go on your way with peace! I swear you are not of the ignorant! Don’t be like us…”

Our Master then continued his tawaf soon after which they all silently left… 

The next day the chiefs met again but this time their discussion was more along the lines of:

“We left nothing unsaid and yet he was completely unmoved!? But a single word he told us had all of us captivated, we couldn’t even give a response!”

As they were conversing our Master came, gave his salam to the Black Stone and started his tawaf around the Kaaba… Immediately they gathered around our Master:

“How could you defame and insult our gods? This is unacceptable, you must stop this!”

“Allah is AHAD, there is no other! Your gods are nothing more than your fancy whim!”

This had enraged them! They started to hit and beat our Master. Someone ran to Abu Bakr and gave him news upon which Abu Bakr immediately ran to the Haram…

“Damn you all! Do you want to kill a man who claims his Rabb is Allah and who worships Allah?”

Abu Bakr was yelling and crying at the same time while he was trying to stop them from beating our Master… 

Our Master said, “Leave them Abu Bakr, let them be… I swear by Allah in whose hands of power lies my being that Allah has sent me for their slaughter…”

The unbelievers then stopped and dispersed…

 

On other occasions when our Master was engaged in salat at the Haram al-Sharif, learned men like As bin Wail, Haris bin Qays and Walif bin Mugiyra would give directives to either their children or their slaves to torment our Master… One examples of this was when Walid bin Mugiyra called his slave, gave him a bloody animal intestine and told him to put it on our Masters back while he was in prostration… The child slave did as he was told, he put the bloody animal intestine on our Masters back while he was prostrating and left… At that point Abu Talib came to the Haram al-Sharif… When he saw the intestines on our Masters back, he was extremely agitated and upset…

“My dear nephew, what is this? What is going on?” he asked…

When our Master told his uncle about what happened, Abu Talib marched home at once, took his sword and went to Walid bin Mugiyra’s house with his slave…

Walid bin Mugiyra was sitting with a couple of his friends…

Abu Talib drew his sword and exclaimed:

“If any of you dare to say a word, I swear I will behead him!”

They had never seen Abu Talib inflamed liked this before… Silence filled the room. Nobody had the courage to stand against Abu Talib.

Abu Talib then turned to his slave and said “Wipe that bloody intestine on the faces of each of these men. Let them see what it means to touch my brother’s son!”

The servant did as he told; he wiped the intestine filled with filth on their faces…

But this wasn’t all…

One time our Master was engaged in salat in front of the Kaaba… Just as he prostrated Uqba bin Abi Muait silently went near our Master and tied his rope around our Masters neck then started pulling it to strangle him… At that point Abu Bakr came running and recited the verse:

“Are you killing a man simply because he says ‘My Rabb is Allah’ when he has come to you with clear proofs from your Rabb? If he is lying, his lies are against him... But if he is telling the truth, the suffering of which he warns you will afflict you! Indeed, Allah does not guide those who squander (their resources within their essence) and who lie.”[1]

Then with a single punch he knocked him down and untied the rope around our Master’s neck…