حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّی الْحِمْصِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عُلَيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ النُّدَّرِ يَقُولُ کُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَرَأَ طس حَتَّی إِذَا بَلَغَ قِصَّةَ مُوسَی قَالَ إِنَّ مُوسَی صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ آجَرَ نَفْسَهُ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ أَوْ عَشْرًا عَلَی عِفَّةِ فَرْجِهِ وَطَعَامِ بَطْنِهِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2444
It was narrated that 'Ali bin Rabah said: "I heard 'Utbah bin Nuddar say: 'We were with the Messenger of Allah and he recited Ta-Sin. When he reached the story of Musa, he said: 'Musa hired himself out for eight years, or ten, in return for his chastity and food in his stomach.'''
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020