[Machine] I said to Ibn Abbas: "O Abu Abbas, did the polytheists inflict upon the Muslims such hardships that they had no excuse to leave their religion?" He said, "Yes, by Allah, they would beat one of them, starve him, and make him thirsty until he could not even sit properly due to the intensity of the hardship he was facing. And indeed, he would give them whatever they asked for in order to avoid further persecution."  

قُلْتُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَا أَبَا عَبَّاسٍ أَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَبْلُغُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْعَذَابِ مَا يُعْذَرُونَ بِهِ فِي تَرْكِ دِينِهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَاللهِ إِنْ كَانُوا لَيَضْرِبُونَ أَحَدَهُمْ وَيُجِيعُونَهُ وَيُعْطِشُونَهُ حَتَّى مَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَسْتَوِيَ جَالِسًا مِنْ شِدَّةِ الضُّرِّ الَّذِي بِهِ حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَيُعْطِيهِمْ مَا سَأَلُوهُ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ