HADITH: ONE OF THE WORST ACTS OF THE PAGANS TOWARDS ALLAH’S APOSTLE (sallellahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)

Narrated `Urwa bin Azāˆ’Zubair (r.a.): I asked `Abdullah bin `Amr (r.a.), “What was the worst thing the pagans did to Allah’s Apostle (s.a.w.s.)?” He said, “I saw `Uqba bin Abi Mu’ait coming to the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) while he was praying.’ `Uqba put his sheet round the Prophet (s.a.w.s.)’s neck and squeezed it very severely. Abu Bakr (r.a.) came and pulled `Uqba away from the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) 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?”
[Bukhari :5 :27]