حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جَائَ مَلَکُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَی مُوسَی عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجِبْ رَبَّکَ قَالَ فَلَطَمَ مُوسَی عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام عَيْنَ مَلَکِ الْمَوْتِ فَفَقَأَهَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ الْمَلَکُ إِلَی اللَّهِ تَعَالَی فَقَالَ إِنَّکَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَی عَبْدٍ لَکَ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ فَقَأَ عَيْنِي قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَی عَبْدِي فَقُلْ الْحَيَاةَ تُرِيدُ فَإِنْ کُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ فَضَعْ يَدَکَ عَلَی مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَمَا تَوَارَتْ يَدُکَ مِنْ شَعْرَةٍ فَإِنَّکَ تَعِيشُ بِهَا سَنَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَمُوتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ رَبِّ أَمِتْنِي مِنْ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَنِّي عِنْدَهُ لَأَرَيْتُکُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَی جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الْکَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6149
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) having said that the Angel of Death came to Moses and said: Respond (to the call) of Allah (i. e. be prepared for death). Moses (peace be upon him) gave a blow at the eye of the Angel of Death and knocked it out. The Angel went back to Allah (the Exalted) and said: You sent me to your servant who does not like to die and he knocked out my eye. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight) and said: Go to My servant and say: Do you want life? And in case you want life, keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live such number of years as the (number of) hair your hand covers. He (Moses) said: What, then? He said: Then you would die, whereupon he (Moses) said: Then why not now? (He then prayed): Allah, cause me to die close to the sacred land. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Had I been near that place I would have shown his grave by the side of the path at the red mound.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020