فإن تخذلوه والحوادث جمة فليس لكم في الأرض من متحول وقال أبو سفيان صخر بن حرب بن أمية يوم السقيفة : بني هاشم ما بال ميراث أحمد تنقل عنكم في لقيط وحابل 8 أعبد مناف كيف ترضون ما أرى وفيكم صدور المرهفات الأواصل فدى لكم أمي اثبتوا وثقوا بنا وبالنصر منا قبل فوت المخاتل متى كانت الأحساب تغدوا ببالكم متى قرنت تيم بكم في المحافل يحاذي بها تيم عديا وأنتم أحق وأولى بالأمور الأوائل وقال أيضا : وأضحت قريش بعد عز ومنعة حضوعا لتيم لا بضرب القواضب فيا لهف نفسي للذي ظفرت به وما زال فيها فائز بالرغائب قال أيضا : بني هاشم لا تطمعوا الناس فيكم ولا سيما تيم بن مرة أو عدي

— and if you abandon him, calamities being many, there will be for you no place of removal in the earth. — And Abu Sufyan Sakhr b. Harb b. Umayya said on the day of the Saqifa: — O Banu Hashim, what ails the inheritance of Ahmad, that it is carried away from you to a foundling and a rope-maker? [8] — O 'Abd Manaf, how can you be content with what I see, when among you are the foremost of the keen-edged blades? — May my mother be your ransom: stand firm, and trust in us and in the help that comes from us, before the deceiver has his way. — Since when have the lineages been passing through your minds? Since when has Taym been coupled with you in the assemblies? — Taym leads 'Adi alongside her, while you are the more entitled and the more deserving of the foremost affairs. — And he also said: — And Quraysh has become, after might and protection, submissive to Taym — and not by the striking of swords. — Alas for my soul, for that which she has won; and there has never ceased to be in her one who carries off the choicest spoils. — He said also: — O Banu Hashim, do not make the people covetous towards you, and least of all Taym b. Murra or 'Adi;