Abu Jahl asked, "Does Muhammad press his face to the ground in your presence?"He was told, "Yes."He said, "By al-Lat and al-Uzza, if I see him doing that, I will trample on his neck, or I will rub his face in the dirt."So he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while he was praying, intending to trample on his neck. But suddenly they saw him stepping back on his heels and shielding himself with his hands.He was asked, "What is the matter with you?"He replied, "Between me and him there is a trench of fire, and terrors, and wings."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Had he come any closer, the angels would have torn him limb from limb."
قال أبو جهل: هل يعفر محمد وجهه بين أظهركم؟ قال: فقيل: نعم. فقال: واللات والعزى لئن رأيته يفعل ذلك لأطأن على رقبته أو لأعفرن وجهه في التراب. قال: فأتى رسول الله ﷺ و وهو يصلي. زعم ليطأ على رقبته. قال: فما فجنهم منه إلاوهو ينكص على عقبيه ويتقي بيديه. قال: فقيل له: مالك؟ فقال: إن بيني وبينه لخندقا من نار وهولا وأجنحة. فقال رسول الله ﷺ: لو دنا لاختطفته الملائكة عضوا عضوا.
Muslim narrated it in the chapter on the description of the Resurrection, Paradise, and Hell (2797), through several routes from Mutamir, from his father, who said, Naeem bin Abu Hind narrated to me, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurairah, and he related it.