Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Musa and Harun (peace be upon them), along with Shabbar and Shabbir, set out and reached a mountain in which there was a bed. So Harun (peace be upon him) lay down on it, and his soul was taken. Then Musa (peace be upon him) returned to his people, and his people said, "You have killed him, and because of his character you were jealous of him over us," or they said, "because of his gentleness," or something similar—the doubt is from Sufyan, the narrator. He said, "How could I kill him when his sons are with me?" Then he said, "Choose whomever you wish." So they chose ten people from each tribe. This is the meaning of Allah's statement { وَاخْتَارَ مُوسَی قَوْمَہُ سَبْعِینَ رَجُلاً }. When they reached him, they asked, "O Harun! Who killed you?" He replied, "No one killed me; rather, Allah caused me to die." They said, "O Musa! After today, we will not disobey you." Then an earthquake came and they were destroyed, and they began to wander in confusion to the right and left and supplicated { لَوْ شِئْت أہْلَکْتَہُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَإِیَّایَ أَتُہْلِکُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ السُّفَہَائُ مِنَّا إنْ ہِیَ إلاَّ فِتْنَتُک }. After that, they prayed, so Allah revived them and made all of them prophets.