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[[Mut`im ibn `Uday]], a member of the delegation, interrupted saying that Quraish had been fair in that bargain because:
:''"they meant only to rid you of that source of hateful trouble, but as I see you are determined to refuse their
favours." <ref name=sunnipath2/> Abu Talib turned down all their offers and challenged them to do whatever they pleased <ref name=sunnipath2/>.
Another account quotes:
Quraish said: ''"Your nephew has insulted our gods, called our great men as insane and reckoned our fathers to be deviated ones. Therefore, you surrender him to us or else, there shall occur a war between us."'' <ref name=Mahdi>[[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]] by [[Ayatullah]] [[Sayyid]] [[Sadr-al-Din al-Sadr]] on [[al-shia.com]][http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/books/history/al_mahdi(a.s.)/12.htm]</ref>
Abu Talib replied: ''"May your mouths be shut forever. I swear by Allah that I shall never surrender him to you."'' <ref name=Mahdi/>
They said: ''"[[Ammarah ibn Walid|Emara-ibn-Walid-ibn-Mughaira]] is the most handsome and noble young man among the Quraish. You may keep him as your son instead of Muhammad and surrender Muhammad to us so that we can kill him. Let us exchange our man with your man."'' <ref name=Mahdi/>
Abu Talib replied: ''"«Woe be upon you people. May Allah turn your face dark and gloomy. I swear by Allah that you have indeed spoken the evil. Do you mean that I should hand over my son to you so that you can kill him and will give me your son in exchange so that I take care of him! I swear by Allah that if I do so, I would be but an evil man."'' <ref name=Mahdi/>
Thereafter he said: ''"I would like you to separate the baby-camels from their mother. If the mother camel gets attracted towards the other baby-camels (and not her own ones) then, I shall hand over Muhammad to you."'' <ref name=Mahdi/>
He then recited a poem <ref name=Mahdi/>.
==References==
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