Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 33:471

Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, from Qutbah, from al-A’mash, from Shamir, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, who said: A sore took Mu’adh in his throat, so he said: "Choke me, for You have choked me, and by Your Might, I truly love You."