It is narrated from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet ﷺ said: When the Torah was revealed to Musa (peace be upon him) and he read it, he found the mention of this Ummah in it. He submitted: O Lord! I find in the tablets of the Torah an Ummah whose time will be the last time, yet whose entry into Paradise will be before others; so make such people part of my Ummah. Allah the Exalted said: That Ummah belongs to Ahmad Mujtaba, the last of the prophets, ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Lord! From those tablets I have learned that this Ummah is such a Ummah that the Book of Allah is in their chests, which they will recite and thereby it will be manifest; so make this Ummah my Ummah. Allah said again: That Ummah belongs to Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Lord of the universe! I have found in those tablets that this Ummah will benefit from spoils of war; so make this Ummah my Ummah. Allah the Exalted said: That Ummah belongs to Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: I have seen in those tablets that this Ummah will eat the wealth of charity and will then be rewarded for it; so make it my Ummah. The Truth, the Exalted, said: That Ummah belongs to Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Lord! I have seen in those tablets that if any person of this Ummah intends a good deed and is unable to do it due to some helplessness, that good deed will still be recorded in his account; and if he carries it out, ten good deeds will be recorded for him; so make this Ummah my Ummah. Allah the Exalted said: That Ummah belongs to Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Mighty Lord! I have seen in the sacred tablets that when someone of this Ummah intends a sin and then refrains out of fear of Allah, nothing will be written; and if he commits it, only one sin will be written; so make this Ummah my Ummah. He said: That Ummah is indeed the Ummah of Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Lord! I have found written in those tablets that this Ummah will inherit the knowledge of the first and the last, and will destroy misguided leaders and the Messiah Dajjal; so make it my Ummah. He said: It is the Ummah of Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Most Merciful Lord! Then, make me part of the Ummah of Ahmad Mujtaba ﷺ. In response to this, he was granted two qualities, and Allah the Exalted said:
«قَالَ يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَاتِي وَبِكَلَامِي فَخُذْ مَا آتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ الشَّاكِرِينَ »
Translation: “O Musa! I have chosen you above the people by My messages and My speech. So take what I have given you and be among the grateful.”
Upon this, Musa (peace be upon him) submitted: O Lord, I am pleased.
Investigation of the Hadith:
حدیث باطل لا یصح۔
This is a false narration and is not authentic.
When Allah had already chosen Musa (peace be upon him) for prophethood, how could he request to become an ummati (a member of the Prophet’s Ummah)?
