(وَعَنْهُ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ ثَانٍ) قَالَ أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ
(Second chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The Angel of Death was sent to Musa, peace be upon him. When he came to him, Musa struck him and gouged out his eye. So he returned to his Lord and said: You have sent me to a servant who does not want to die. Allah Almighty restored the angel’s eye and said to him: Return to him and say that he should place his hand on the back of an ox; for every hair that comes under his hand, he will be granted a year of life. Musa, peace be upon him, said: O my Lord! Then what will happen? He said: Then death will come. He said: Then let it be now. Then he asked Allah Almighty to bring him close to the holy land at a distance of a stone’s throw. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: If I were there, I would show you his grave by the side of the road beneath the red sand hill.