Hadith 1661

وَحَدَّثَنِي، عَنْ مَالِك، عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَبِي سُهَيْلِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ كَعْبِ الْأَحْبَارِ : أَنّ رَجُلًا نَزَعَ نَعْلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ : " لِمَ خَلَعْتَ نَعْلَيْكَ ؟ لَعَلَّكَ تَأَوَّلْتَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ : فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى سورة طه آية 12 "، قَالَ : ثُمَّ قَالَ كَعْبٌ لِلرَّجُلِ : " أَتَدْرِي مَا كَانَتْ نَعْلَا مُوسَى ؟ " ¤قَالَ مَالِك : لَا أَدْرِي مَا أَجَابَهُ الرَّجُلُ، فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ : " كَانَتَا مِنْ جِلْدِ حِمَارٍ مَيِّتٍ "
It is narrated from Ka'b al-Ahbar that a man took off his shoes. Ka'b al-Ahbar said: Why did you take off your shoes? Perhaps you took them off after seeing this verse, when Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, said to Musa (peace be upon him) as he was going to the Mount: «﴿فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ﴾» "Take off your shoes." But do you know what Musa's (peace be upon him) shoes were made of?
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I do not know what the man replied. Ka'b said: The shoes of Musa (peace be upon him) were made from the skin of a dead donkey.
Hadith Reference موطا امام مالك رواية يحييٰ / كتاب الجامع / 1661
Hadith Grading محدثین: مقطوع صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «مقطوع صحيح، وأخرجه الترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 1734،، فواد عبدالباقي نمبر: 48 - كِتَابُ اللِّبَاسِ-ح: 16»