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Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
bukhari:3678 – Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Kūfī > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Saʾalt ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr

I asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr, "What was the worst thing the pagans did to Messenger of Allah ﷺ?" He said, "I saw ʿUqba bin Abi Mu'ait coming to the Prophet ﷺ while he was praying.' ʿUqba put his sheet round the Prophet's neck and squeezed it very severely. Abu Bakr came and pulled ʿUqba away from the Prophet and said, "Do you intend to kill a man just because he says: 'My Lord is Allah, and he has brought forth to you the Evident Signs from your Lord?"  

البخاري:٣٦٧٨ – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنِ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرٍو

عَنْ أَشَدِّ مَا صَنَعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَوَضَعَ رِدَاءَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ بِهِ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَتَّى دَفَعَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ  

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bukhari:3856 – ʿAyyāsh b. al-Walīd > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Taymī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Saʾalt Ibn ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

I asked Ibn ʿAmr bin Al-As, "Tell me of the worst thing which the pagans did to the Prophet." He said, "While the Prophet ﷺ was praying in the Hijr of the Kaʿba; ʿUqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and put his garment around the Prophet's neck and throttled him violently. Abu Bakr came and caught him by his shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Do you want to kill a man just because he says, 'My Lord is Allah?' "  

البخاري:٣٨٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَشَدِّ شَىْءٍ صَنَعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي فِي حِجْرِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَوَضَعَ ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَتَّى أَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ وَدَفَعَهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ {أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ} الآيَةَ  

تَابَعَهُ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَقَالَ عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قِيلَ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ
bukhari:4815 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Taymī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Liʿabd Allāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

I asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr bin Al-ʿAs to inform me of the worst thing the pagans had done to Allah's Apostle. He said: "While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying in the courtyard of the Kaʿba, ʿUqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and seized Messenger of Allah ﷺ by the shoulder and twisted his garment round his neck and throttled him severely. Abu Bakr came and seized ʿUqba's shoulder and threw him away from Allah's Apostle and said, "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah,' and has come to you with clear Signs from your Lord?" (40.28)  

البخاري:٤٨١٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَشَدِّ مَا صَنَعَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِفِنَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَوَى ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ وَدَفَعَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ {أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلاً أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ}  

ahmad:6908 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Liʿabd Allāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

I asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr bin Al-ʿAs to inform me of the worst thing the pagans had done to Allah's Apostle. He said: "While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying in the courtyard of the Kaʿba, ʿUqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and seized Messenger of Allah ﷺ by the shoulder and twisted his garment round his neck and throttled him severely. Abu Bakr came and seized ʿUqba's shoulder and threw him away from Allah's Apostle and said, "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah,' and has come to you with clear Signs from your Lord?" (40.28) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4815)  

أحمد:٦٩٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَشَدِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِفِنَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَلَوَى ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ بِهِ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ وَدَفَعَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ {أَتَقْتُلُونَرَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ} [غافر 28]  

bayhaqi:17728 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾIsḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Yaḥyá b. Abū Kathīr > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥārith al-Taymī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > Saʾalt ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ > Ḥaddithnī Biʾashad

I asked ʿAbdullah bin ʿAmr bin Al-ʿAs to inform me of the worst thing the pagans had done to Allah's Apostle. He said: "While Messenger of Allah ﷺ was praying in the courtyard of the Kaʿba, ʿUqba bin Abi Mu'ait came and seized Messenger of Allah ﷺ by the shoulder and twisted his garment round his neck and throttled him severely. Abu Bakr came and seized ʿUqba's shoulder and threw him away from Allah's Apostle and said, "Would you kill a man because he says: 'My Lord is Allah,' and has come to you with clear Signs from your Lord?" (40.28) (Using translation from Bukhārī 4815)   

البيهقي:١٧٧٢٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ أنبأ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قَالَ قُلْتُ

حَدِّثْنِي بِأَشَدِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ أَقْبَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ وَرَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ فَلَوَى ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبَيْهِ فَدَفَعَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ؟  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ