Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 3-220b

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"From ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān, who said: The worst that Quraysh did to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, as I saw it one day, was this: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was circumambulating the House with his hand in the hand of Abū Bakr, and in the Ḥijr three men were sitting: ʿUqbah b. Abī Muʿayṭ, Abū Jahl b. Hishām, and Umayyah b. Khalaf. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by, and when he was level with them they made him hear some of what he disliked, and that was recognised on the face of the Prophet ﷺ. So I drew close to him until I was in the middle of him, so that he was between me and Abū Bakr, and he interlaced his fingers with my fingers until we circumambulated together. When he was level with them, Abū Jahl said: By Allah, we will not make peace with you for as long as the sea wets a piece of wool, while you forbid us to worship what our fathers used to worship. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: We are indeed that. Then he went on from them. They did the same to him in the third circuit, until in the fourth circuit they rose against him, and Abū Jahl leapt up wanting to seize the gathered folds of his garment. So I pushed him in the chest and he fell on his backside. Abū Bakr pushed Umayyah b. Khalaf, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ pushed ʿUqbah b. Abī Muʿayṭ. Then they parted from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he stood there, and he said to them: By Allah, you will not stop until His punishment descends upon you swiftly. ʿUthmān said: By Allah, there was not a man among them but weakness seized him and he was trembling. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ began to say: What evil people you are to your Prophet. Then he went back to his house and we followed behind him until he reached the door of his house. He stood at the threshold, then turned to us with his face and said: Rejoice, for Allah ﷻ will make His religion prevail, will complete His word, and will give victory to His Prophet. Those whom you see here are among those whom Allah will slaughter at your hands soon. Then we went back to our homes. By Allah, I saw that Allah had slaughtered them at our hands."

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