Bukhari 3678 — Uqba strangles the Prophet; Abu Bakr pushes him off

البخاري 3678 — عقبة يخنق النبي وأبو بكر يدفعه

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«رأيت عقبة بن أبي معيط جاء إلى النبي وهو يصلي فوضع رداءه في عنقه فخنقه خنقاً شديداً، فجاء أبو بكر حتى دفعه عنه وقال: «أتقتلون رجلاً أن يقول ربي الله وقد جاءكم بالبينات من ربكم»»

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Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt· Abu Bakr al-Siddiq· Muhammad· Mecca

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Uqba ibn Abi Mu'it chokes the Prophet at the Hijr· Mecca· The three years of the secret call· After Badr: the dead, the captives, the spoils, and the news in Mecca and Medina· The affair of the Badr prisoners· The Battle of Badr· The Farewell Pilgrimage· The Hijra

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  • Sahih al-Bukhari
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Uqba ibn Abi Mu'it chokes the Prophet at the Hijr

Uqba ibn Abi Mu'it put his garment around the Prophet's neck while he prayed by the Kaaba and choked him severely; Abu Bakr seized his shoulders, pushed him away and said: Will you kill a man for saying 'My Lord is God'?