حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الرَّقِّيُّ أَبُو يَزِيدَ حَدَّثَنَا فُرَاتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ لَئِنْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ لَآتِيَنَّهُ حَتَّى أَطَأَ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَوْ فَعَلَ لَأَخَذَتْهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عِيَانًا وَلَوْ أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَمَنَّوْا الْمَوْتَ لَمَاتُوا وَرَأَوْا مَقَاعِدَهُمْ فِي النَّارِ وَلَوْ خَرَجَ الَّذِينَ يُبَاهِلُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَرَجَعُوا لَا يَجِدُونَ مَالًا وَلَا أَهْلًا
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2225
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: Abu Jahl said: If I see the messenger of Allah (PBUH)praying at the Ka'bah, I will come to him and step on his neck. He [the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) i said: "If he does that, the angels will seize him visibly. And if the Jews had wished for death, they would have died and would have seen their place in Hell. And if those who challenged the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) ) had gone out and engaged in mubahalah [as challenged to do in Al 'Imran 3:61] and then gone back, they would have found no wealth or family."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020