218 – ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, saying: Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to me, saying: Muhammad ibn Abī ʿUbaydah narrated to us, saying: My father narrated to me, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Sufyān, from Anas, who said:

They once beat the Messenger of Allah ﷺ until he lost consciousness. Abū Bakr stood up and began calling out: “Woe to you! Would you kill a man because he says, ‘My Lord is Allah’?” [Ghāfir: 28]

They asked, “Who is this?” They were told, “This is the son of Abū Quhāfah.”