Saying
O my nephew, my people have come to me and said such-and-such. So be merciful to yourself and be merciful to me: do not place me in a situation I cannot bear.
The Quraysh had come to Abu Talib demanding that he either stop the Prophet ﷺ from preaching or hand him over to them to do as they pleased.
Muhammad ﷺDetails differA less authentic version instead has the Prophet ﷺ say that even if they gave him the sun in his right hand and the moon in his left, he could not give up the Message until he succeeded or died in this path.To Abu Talib
Saying
Do you see the sun, O my uncle? Wallahi, I have no more power to stop preaching than you do to light your stick with this sun.
Saying
Do what you will, my nephew. Fa wallahi, I will never come to you again to stop you. You have my protection.