Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3452 — Ya'qub and Yusuf

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) treated him hospitably and said to him: "Come to us." Then when he came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he said to him: "Ask for what you need." He said: I want a she-camel to ride and some goats for my family to milk. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (addressing his Companions): "Were you unable to be like that old woman of the Children of Israel?" The Companions asked about her, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When Musa (peace be upon him) set out from Egypt with the Children of Israel, they lost their way. He asked: 'What is the matter?' Their scholars said: 'At the time of his death, Yusuf (peace be upon him) took a firm covenant from us in the name of Allah Almighty that we would by no means leave Egypt until we moved the bones of his blessed body with us.' Musa (peace be upon him) asked: 'Who knows the location of his grave?' They said: 'An old woman of the Children of Israel knows.' He sent for her and she came, and he said to her: 'Show me the grave of Yusuf (peace be upon him).' She said: 'I will not tell you until you fulfil my demand.' He asked: 'What is your demand?' She said: 'That I be with you in Paradise.' Musa (peace be upon him) found it hard to grant her this rank, so Allah Almighty revealed to him: 'Give her what she asks.' So she took them to a lake, that is, a place where water had pooled, and said: 'Drain away its water.' They drained the water. Then she said: 'Dig here.' They dug and brought out the bones of the blessed body of Yusuf (peace be upon him). Then when they lifted them up from the ground, suddenly the road became as bright and clear for them as daylight."
Ibn Hibban declared it sahih (authentic).