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The mention of the preoccupation of Abu Jahl's mind to step on the neck of the chosen one ﷺ

ذِكْرُ هَمِّ أَبِي جَهْلٍ أَنْ يَطَأَ رَقَبَةَ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:6571Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Abū ʿAwn > Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī b. Sulaymān from his father > Nuʿaym b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Abu Jahl said, "Does Muhammad humble his face behind your backs? By the one he swears by, if I see him do that, I will step on his neck." So he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying, intending to step on his neck. But suddenly he was unable to move; it was as if his hands were being restrained and his heels were being pulled back. They came to him and said, "What's wrong with you, O Abu Al-Hakam?" He replied, "Between him and me is a trench of fire and terror with wings." Abu Al-Mu'tamir said, "So Allah revealed 'Have you seen the one who forbids a servant when he prays' until the end of the verse, 'So let him call his band of supporters.' His people said, 'We shall summon the executioners.' But the angels said, 'Do not obey him.' Then Allah commanded him to perform the prostration as He had commanded him in the end of the Surah." He also narrated to me in this Hadith that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "If he came near me, the angels would seize him limb by limb."  

ابن حبّان:٦٥٧١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ هَلْ يُعَفِّرُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ فَبِالَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لَأَطَأَنَّ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ فَأَتَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي لِيَطَأَ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ قَالَ فَمَا فَجَأَهُمْ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَتَّقِي بِيَدِهِ وَيَنْكُصُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ فَأَتَوْهُ فَقَالُوا مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَكَمِ؟ قَالَ إِنَّا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ لَخَنْدَقًا مِنْ نَارٍ وَهَوْلًا وَأَجْنِحَةً قَالَ أَبُو الْمُعْتَمِرِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا {أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِيَ يَنْهَى عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى} إِلَى آخِرِهِ {فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ} قَالَ قَوْمُهُ {سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ} قَالَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ {لَا تُطِعْهُ} ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ بِمَا أَمَرَهُ مِنَ السُّجُودِ فِي آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ فَبَلَغَنِي عَنِ الْمُعْتَمِرِ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ دَنَا مِنِّي لَاخْتَطَفَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عُضْوًا عُضْوًا»  


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Collected by Muslim, Aḥmad

When Abū Jahl wanted to trample the neck of the Prophet ﷺ while he was prostrating (doing sajdah)

muslim:2797ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh And Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá al-Qaysī > al-Muʿtamir from his father > Nuʿaym b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Yes. He said: By Lat and ʿUzza. If I were to see him do that, I would trample his neck, or I would smear his face with dust. He came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he was engaged in prayer and thought of trampling his neck (and the people say) that he came near him but turned upon his heels and tried to repulse something with his hands. It was said to him: What is the matter with you? He said: There is between me and him a ditch of fire and terror and wings. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said: If he were to come near me the angels would have torn him to pieces.

Then Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse- (the narrator) said: We do not know whether it is the hadith transmitted by Abu Huraira or something conveyed to him from another source: "Nay, man is surely inordinate, because he looks upon himself as self-sufficient. Surely to thy Lord is the return. Hast thou seen him who forbids a servant when he prays? Seest thou if he is on the right way, or enjoins observance of piety? Seest thou if he [Abu Jahl] denies and turns away? Knowest he not that Allah sees? Nay, if he desists not, We will seize him by the forelock-a lying, sinful forelock. Then let him summon his council. We will summon the guards of the Hell. Nay! Obey not thou him" (lcvi, 6-19). (Rather prostrate thyself.) Ubaidullah made this addition: It was after this that (prostration) was enjoined upon and Ibn Abd al-Ala made this addition that by "Nadiyah" he meant his people.  

مسلم:٢٧٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الْقَيْسِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعْتَمِرُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ حَدَّثَنِي نُعَيْمُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ هَلْ يُعَفِّرُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ قَالَ فَقِيلَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ وَاللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لأَطَأَنَّ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ أَوْ لأُعَفِّرَنَّ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ قَالَ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي زَعَمَ لِيَطَأَ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ قَالَ فَمَا فَجِئَهُمْ مِنْهُ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ يَنْكِصُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَيَتَّقِي بِيَدَيْهِ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ لَخَنْدَقًا مِنْ نَارٍ وَهَوْلاً وَأَجْنِحَةً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ دَنَا مِنِّي لاَخْتَطَفَتْهُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عُضْوًا عُضْوًا

قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ لاَ نَدْرِي فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَوْ شَىْءٌ بَلَغَهُ { كَلاَّ إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَى * أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَى * إِنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَى * أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَى * عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى * أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى * أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَى * أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى} يَعْنِي أَبَا جَهْلٍ { أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَى * كَلاَّ لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ * نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ * فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ * سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ * كَلاَّ لاَ تُطِعْهُ} زَادَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ فِي حَدِيثِهِ قَالَ وَأَمَرَهُ بِمَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ وَزَادَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ يَعْنِي قَوْمَهُ  

ahmad:8831ʿĀrim > Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān from my father > Nuʿaym b. Abū Hind > Abū Ḥāzim > Abū Hurayrah

Yes. He said: By Lat and ʿUzza. If I were to see him do that, I would trample his neck, or I would smear his face with dust. He came to Messenger of Allah ﷺ as he was engaged in prayer and thought of trampling his neck (and the people say) that he came near him but turned upon his heels and tried to repulse something with his hands. It was said to him: What is the matter with you? He said: There is between me and him a ditch of fire and terror and wings. Thereupon Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) said: If he were to come near me the angels would have torn him to pieces. Then Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this verse- (the narrator) said: We do not know whether it is the hadith transmitted by Abu Huraira or something conveyed to him from another source: "Nay, man is surely inordinate, because he looks upon himself as self-sufficient. Surely to thy Lord is the return. Hast thou seen him who forbids a servant when he prays? Seest thou if he is on the right way, or enjoins observance of piety? Seest thou if he [Abu Jahl] denies and turns away? Knowest he not that Allah sees? Nay, if he desists not, We will seize him by the forelock-a lying, sinful forelock. Then let him summon his council. We will summon the guards of the Hell. Nay! Obey not thou him" (lcvi, 6-19). (Rather prostrate thyself.) Ubaidullah made this addition: It was after this that (prostration) was enjoined upon and Ibn Abd al-Ala made this addition that by "Nadiyah" he meant his people. (Using translation from Muslim 2797)   

أحمد:٨٨٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَارِمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي نُعَيْمُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ هَلْ يُعَفِّرُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَجْهَهُ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ؟ قَالَ فَقِيلَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ وَاللَّاتِ وَالْعُزَّى يَمِينًا يَحْلِفُ بِهَا لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُهُ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ لَأَطَأَنَّ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ وَلَأُعَفِّرَنَّ وَجْهَهُ فِي التُّرَابِ قَالَ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي زَعَمَ لَيَطَأُ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ قَالَ فَمَا فَجَأَهُمْ مِنْهُ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَنْكُصُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ وَيَتَّقِي بِيَدَيْهِ قَالَ فقَالُوا لَهُ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ لَخَنْدَقًا مِنْ نَارٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ أَجْنِحَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ دَنَا مِنِّي لَخَطَفَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عُضْوًا عُضْوًا

قَالَ فَأُنْزِلَ لَا أَدْرِي فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَوْ شَيْءٍ بَلَغَهُ {إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَيَطْغَى أَنْ رَآهُ اسْتَغْنَى إِنَّ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الرُّجْعَى أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَى عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَى أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى} [العلق 7] يَعْنِي أَبَا جَهْلٍ {أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللهَ يَرَى كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعًا بِالنَّاصِيَةِ نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ} [العلق 14] قَالَ يَدْعُو قَوْمَهُ {سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ} [العلق 18] قَالَ يَعْنِي الْمَلَائِكَةَ {كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ} [العلق 19]