Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we, about eighty (80) men from the Quraysh, were sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), all of us were Qurayshi. By Allah! That day these people looked very handsome. They mentioned women and talked about them, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also conversed with them (and spoke so much that) I wished that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would become silent. Then I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he recited the sermon of testimony and said: “After praise and blessings (I say this): O Quraysh! You are deserving of this (leadership) as long as you do not disobey Allah Almighty. If you disobey, Allah Almighty will send people who will strip your skin off just as the bark is stripped from this branch (which was in his hand).” Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stripped the bark from his branch, (because of which) it suddenly appeared white and hard.