#I’s I’s favorite hadith

Narrated 'Urwa ibn al-Zubayr

I said to 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As: "What is the worst you saw Quraysh do to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), in the enmity they showed him?" He said: "I was with them when their notables gathered one day in the Hijr and spoke of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). They said: 'We have never endured anything like what we have endured from this man: he has called our wise men fools, insulted our fathers, reviled our religion, divided our community and cursed our gods.' While they were saying this, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) appeared. He walked up, touched the Corner, then passed by them while circling the House. Each time he passed them, they mocked him with some of his own words. When he passed them the third time, he said: 'Will you listen, O people of Quraysh? By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, I have come to you with slaughter.' His words struck them so that every one of them froze, as if a bird had landed on his head. [...]"