[Machine] While we were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , a group of nearly eighty men from the Quraysh came, and there was no one among them except a Qurayshi. By Allah, I have never seen the faces of men so beautiful as theirs that day. They mentioned women and spoke about them. The Prophet also engaged in conversation with them until I wished he would remain silent. Then I came to him and he performed the tashahhud (salutation after prayer), then he said: "O people of Quraysh, you are the people of authority as long as you do not disobey Allah. But if you disobey Him, He will send upon you a calamity that will cause you to dispute with each other, just as this stick contends with another in his hand until it becomes white and smooth."  

بَيْنَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي قَرِيبٍ مِنْ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا قُرَشِيٌّ لَا وَاللهِ 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 اللهَ فَإِذَا عَصَيْتُمُوهُ بَعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَنْ يَلْحَاكُمْ كَمَا يُلْحَى هَذَا الْقَضِيبُ لِقَضِيبٍ فِي يَدِهِ ثُمَّ لَحَا قَضِيبَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَبْيَضُ يَصْلِدُ