حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَأَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ النَّضْرِ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ اسْتَبَّ رَجُلَانِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْيَهُودِ وَرَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُ وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَی مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی الْعَالَمِينَ وَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَی مُوسَی عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام عَلَی الْعَالَمِينَ قَالَ فَرَفَعَ الْمُسْلِمُ يَدَهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِکَ فَلَطَمَ وَجْهَ الْيَهُودِيِّ فَذَهَبَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا کَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ وَأَمْرِ الْمُسْلِمِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا تُخَيِّرُونِي عَلَی مُوسَی فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصْعَقُونَ فَأَکُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُفِيقُ فَإِذَا مُوسَی بَاطِشٌ بِجَانِبِ الْعَرْشِ فَلَا أَدْرِي أَکَانَ فِيمَنْ صَعِقَ فَأَفَاقَ قَبْلِي أَمْ کَانَ مِمَّنْ اسْتَثْنَی اللَّهُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6153
Abu Huraira reported that two persons, one from amongst the Jews and the other from amongst the Muslims, fell into dispute and began to abuse one another. The Muslim said: By Him Who chose Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in the worlds. And the Jew said: By Him Who chose Moses in the worlds. Thereupon the Muslim lifted his hand and slapped at the face of the Jew. The Jew went to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and told him about his affair and the affair of the Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Don't make me superior to Moses for mankind will swoon and I would be the first to recover from it and Moses would be at that time seizing the side of the Throne and I do not know (whether) he would swoon and would recover before me or Allah would make an exception for him.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020