Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ 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 اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَشَدِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي بِفِنَاءِ الْكَعْبَةِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي مُعَيْطٍ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَوَى ثَوْبَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ فَخَنَقَهُ بِهِ خَنْقًا شَدِيدًا فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخَذَ بِمَنْكِبِهِ وَدَفَعَهُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ { أَتَقْتُلُونَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَقُولَ رَبِّيَ اللَّهُ وَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ }.
English Translation
Ali ibn Abdullah narrated to us: al-Walid ibn Muslim narrated, al-Awza'i narrated to me, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to me, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith al-Taymi narrated to me, Urwah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, he said: I said to Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: "Tell me about the harshest thing you saw the polytheists do to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)." He said: "While the Prophet (peace be upon him) was praying in the Hijr of the Ka'bah, Uqbah ibn Abi Mu'ayt came and put his garment around his neck and squeezed it severely. Abu Bakr came and seized his shoulder and pushed him away from the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said: 'Would you kill a man because he says: My Lord is Allah, and he has come to you with clear proofs from your Lord?'"