Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 335
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 335 "By God I know that he is true in what he says. Qu s ayy, his great grandfather's children had said that arrangement for cover for the Ka‘bah was in our hands and we accepted this. Then they took the control of the organization of ‘Nadvah’ (Consultative body) and we could not object to it. Then they claimed to be the bearers of our emblem and we had to accept it. They enjoyed the privilege of providing drinking water to pilgrims as their duty and we had to accept it. This competition continued and we competed with them in the matters of feeding the pilgrims and in giving alms. In this respect both our tribes equalled each other. Now they claim that a prophet is among them. By God I would never let it happen. " 11 Start of united opposition by Quraish When the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa started to preach openly and forbade idol worship, a group of people gathered round this message. At this point, the Quraish became apprehensive about their leadership and started to conspire as to how this message should be stopped? One day Ab u Jahal addressed the meeting of the chiefs of Quraish and said, "The situation regarding Muhammad is worsening. You should find someone who is well versed in magic, soothsaying and poetry. Such a person should go and negotiate on our behalf with Muhammad and report back his reaction. " At