الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
بيان قصص أنبياء الله عليهم السلامExplanation of the Stories of the Prophets of Allah, Peace Be Upon Them
بَابُ ذِكْرِ قِصَّتِهِ مَعَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ وَ وَفَاتِهِ وَ مَكَان قَبْرِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ
Chapter: Mention of his story with the Angel of Death, his death, and the location of his grave, peace be upon him
Hadith 10387
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ قَدْ كَانَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ يَأْتِي النَّاسَ عَيَانًا قَالَ فَأَتَى مُوسَى فَلَطَمَهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَأَتَى رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ عَبْدُكَ مُوسَى فَقَأَ عَيْنِي وَلَوْلَا كَرَامَتُهُ عَلَيْكَ لَعَنَفْتُ بِهِ وَقَالَ يُونُسُ لَشَقَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ اذْهَبْ إِلَى عَبْدِي فَقُلْ لَهُ فَلْيَضَعْ يَدَهُ عَلَى جِلْدِ أَوْ مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ وَارَتْ يَدُهُ سَنَةٌ فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا بَعْدَ هَذَا قَالَ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ قَالَ فَشَمَّهُ شَمَّةً فَقَبَضَ رُوحَهُ قَالَ يُونُسُ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَيْنَهُ وَكَانَ يَأْتِي النَّاسَ خُفْيَةً
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: The Angel of Death used to come to people and they would see him. In the same way, he came to Musa (peace be upon him), but Musa struck him and gouged out his eye. The angel returned to Allah Almighty and said: O my Lord! Your servant Musa has gouged out my eye (by slapping me). If You had not honored him, I would have dealt harshly with him. Allah Almighty said: Go back to My servant and tell him to place his hand on the back of an ox; for every hair that comes under his hand, he will live for that many years. When Musa (peace be upon him) heard this from the angel, he asked: What will happen after that? The reply was: Then death will come to you. He said: Then let it be now. Then the angel made him smell something, and his soul was taken. Yunus, the narrator, said: Thus Allah Almighty restored the angel’s eye, and after that, the angel began to come to people in a concealed manner.
Hadith 10388
(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.
Hadith 10389
عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي عَلَى مُوسَى فَرَأَيْتُهُ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي فِي قَبْرِهِ زَادَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عِنْدَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: The night I was taken on the Night Journey, I passed by Musa (peace be upon him) and I saw him standing and performing prayer in his grave. In one narration, this additional statement is mentioned: This grave was near a red mound.
