«قام موسى خطيبا في بني إسرائيل فسئل أي الناس أعلم؟ فقال: أنا فعتب الله عليه إذ لم يرد العلم إليه وأوحى الله إليه: إن لي عبدا بمجمع البحرين هو أعلم منك قال: يا رب! وكيف لي به؟ فقيل: احمل حوتا في مكتل فإذا فقدته فهو ثم فانطلق وانطلق معه فتاه يوشع بن نون وحملا حوتا في مكتل حتى كانا عند الصخرة فوضعا رءوسهما فناما فانسل الحوت من المكتل فاتخذ سبيله في البحر سربا وكان لموسى وفتاه عجبا فانطلقا بقية يومهما وليلتهما فلما أصبحا قال موسى لفتاه: {آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِنْ سَفَرِنَا هَذَا نَصَباً} ولم يجد موسى مسا من النصب حتى جأوز المكان الذي أمره الله به فقال له فتاه: {أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أويْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ} قال موسى: {ذَلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَى آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصاً} فلما انتهيا إلى الصخرة إذا رجل مسجى بثوب فسلم موسى فقال الخضر: أنى بأرضك السلام؟ قال: أنا موسى قال: موسى بني إسرائيل؟ قال: نعم» قال: {هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَى أَنْ تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْداً} ؟ {قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً} يا موسى إني على علم من علم الله تعالى علمنيه لا تعلمه أنت وأنت على علم من علم الله تعالى علمكه الله لا أعلمه {قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ صَابِراً وَلا أَعْصِي لَكَ أَمْراً} فانطلقا يمشيان على الساحل فمرت سفينة فكلموهم أن يحملوهما فعرفوا الخضر فحملوهما بغير نول وجاء عصفور فوقع على حرف السفينة فنقر نقرة أو نقرتين في البحر فقال الخضر: يا موسى ما نقص علمي وعلمك من علم الله إلا كنقرة هذا العصفور في هذا البحر! فعمد الخضر إلى لوح من ألواح السفينة فنزعه فقال موسى: قوم حملونا بغير نول عمدت إلى سفينتهم فخرقتها لتغرق أهلها؟ {قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً} . {قَالَ لا تُؤَاخِذْنِي بِمَا نَسِيتُ} فكانت الأولى من موسى نسيانا فانطلقا فإذا غلام يلعب مع الغلمان فأخذ الخضر برأسه من أعلاه فاقتلع رأسه بيده فقال له موسى: {أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْساً زَكِيَّةً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ} {قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْراً} ، {فَانْطَلَقَا حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيَا أَهْلَ قَرْيَةٍ اسْتَطْعَمَا أَهْلَهَا فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُضَيِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِيهَا جِدَاراً يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ} قال الخضر بيده {فَأَقَامَهُ} فقال موسى: {لَوشِئْتَ لَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً، قَالَ هَذَا فِرَاقُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنِكَ} ، يرحم الله موسى لوددنا لوصبر حتى يقص علينا من أمرهما "
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Musa (peace be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon among the Children of Israel, and he was asked: 'Who is the most knowledgeable of people?' He said: 'I am.' So Allah Almighty reproached him because he did not attribute knowledge to Allah, and Allah Almighty revealed to him: 'I have a servant at the junction of the two seas who is more knowledgeable than you.' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'O Lord! How can I reach him?' He was told: 'Take a fish in a basket; when you find it missing, that is the place.' So he set out, and his attendant Yusha' bin Nun set out with him, the two of them carrying a fish in a basket, until they reached a rock, laid down their heads and fell asleep. The fish slipped out of the basket and made its way into the sea like a tunnel. This was a cause of wonder for Musa (peace be upon him) and his attendant. They travelled on for the rest of their day and night, and when morning came, Musa (peace be upon him) said to his attendant: 'Bring us our morning meal; we have certainly met with great fatigue on this journey of ours.' Musa (peace be upon him) had not felt any fatigue until he had passed beyond the place that Allah had commanded him to reach. His attendant said: 'Did you see, when we took shelter at the rock? I forgot the fish.' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'That is exactly what we were seeking.' So the two of them returned, retracing their footsteps. When they reached the rock, they saw a man lying covered with a garment. Musa (peace be upon him) greeted him with salam, and Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'Where does salam come from in this land of yours?' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'I am Musa.' He asked: 'Musa of the Children of Israel?' He said: 'Yes.' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'May I follow you so that you teach me some of the right guidance that you have been taught?' Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'You will not be able to have patience with me. O Musa! I have a knowledge from the knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught me and which you do not know, and you have a knowledge from the knowledge of Allah which Allah has taught you and which I do not know.' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter.' So the two of them set off walking along the shore. A boat passed by, and they asked the people of the boat to take them on board. The people of the boat recognised Khidr (peace be upon him) and took them on board without any fare. Then a sparrow came, alighted on the edge of the boat and pecked once or twice in the sea. Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'O Musa! My knowledge and your knowledge have diminished the knowledge of Allah no more than the pecking of this sparrow has diminished this sea.' Then Khidr (peace be upon him) went to one of the planks of the boat and pulled it out. Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'These people carried us without a fare, and you have made a hole in their boat to drown its passengers?' Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'Did I not say that you would not be able to have patience with me?' Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Do not take me to task for what I forgot.' So the first (objection) from Musa (peace be upon him) was out of forgetfulness. Then the two of them set off until (they came upon) a boy playing with other boys, and Khidr (peace be upon him) seized his head and pulled it off with his hand. Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'Have you killed an innocent soul, not in retaliation for a soul?' Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'Did I not tell you that you would not be able to have patience with me?' Then the two of them went on until they came to the people of a town and asked them for food, but they refused to host them. There they found a wall that was about to collapse, and Khidr (peace be upon him) set it upright with his hand. Musa (peace be upon him) said: 'If you had wished, you could have taken a wage for it.' Khidr (peace be upon him) said: 'This is the parting between me and you.' May Allah have mercy on Musa; we wished that he had been patient, so that he would have told us more of their story."
Hadith Referenceصحیح الجامع الصغیر / حرف القاف / 4357