حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي قَرِيبٍ مِنْ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا قُرَشِيٌّ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ صَفْحَةَ وُجُوهِ رِجَالٍ قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ مِنْ وُجُوهِهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فَذَكَرُوا النِّسَاءَ فَتَحَدَّثُوا فِيهِنَّ فَتَحَدَّثَ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّى أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَسْكُتَ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَتَشَهَّدَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّكُمْ أَهْلُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَا لَمْ تَعْصُوا اللَّهَ فَإِذَا عَصَيْتُمُوهُ بَعَثَ إِلَيْكُمْ مَنْ يَلْحَاكُمْ كَمَا يُلْحَى هَذَا الْقَضِيبُ لِقَضِيبٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ لَحَا قَضِيبَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبْيَضُ يَصْلِدُ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4380
'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Utbah narrated that 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said: Whilst we were with the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), dose to eighty men of Quraysh, among whom there was no one but a Qurashi, and by Allah i have never seen any faces of men more handsome than their faces on that day - they mentioned women and spoke about them, and he spoke with them, until I wished he would fall silent [out of compassion, because he would have tired himself]. Then I came close to him and he recited the shahaadah, then he said: "O Quraysh, you are in charge of this matter, so long as you do not disobey Allah; but if y OU disobey A Ilah, He will send against you people who will strip you (of your authority) like this twig" referring to a twig lie had i n his hand, which he stripped of its bark and cast aside, and it was shining wliite.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020