Volume 5, Book 57, Number 27:
Narrated ‘Urwa bin Az-Zubair:
I asked ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr, “What was the worst thing the pagans did to Allah’s Apostle?” He said,
“I saw ‘Uqba bin Abi Mu’ait coming to the Prophet while he was praying.’ Uqba put his sheet round
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the Prophet’s neck and squeezed it very severely. Abu Bakr came and pulled ‘Uqba 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?”