It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from Makkah, he said: "Indeed, you are the most beloved of Allah's cities to Allah, and if your inhabitants had not expelled me, I would not have left. O Banu Abd Manaf! If you are granted guardianship over it, then do not prevent any circumambulator at any time of the day or night. If it were not that the Quraysh would become boastful, I would have informed them of the status that is theirs with Allah regarding this place. O Allah! Just as You have provided us with sustenance... (You punished their predecessors and bestowed gifts upon those who came after them.)"