Sahih al-Bukhari 4727

Hadith text

Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair:I said to Ibn `Abbas, "Nauf-al-Bakali " claims that Moses of Bani Israel was not Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir." Ibn `Abbas said, "Allah's enemy tells a lie! Ubai bin Ka`b narrated to us that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Moses got up to deliver a sermon before Bani Israel and he was asked, 'Who is the most learned person among the people?' Moses replied, 'I (am the most learned).' Allah then admonished Moses for he did not ascribe all knowledge to Allah only (Then) came the Divine Inspiration:-- 'Yes, one of Our slaves at the junction of the two seas is more learned than you.' Moses said, 'O my Lord ! How can I meet him?' Allah said, 'Take a fish in a basket and wherever the fish is lost, follow it (you will find him at that place). So Moses set out along with his attendant Yusha` bin Noon, and they carried with them a fish till they reached a rock and rested there. Moses put his head down and slept. (Sufyan, a sub-narrator said that somebody other than `Amr said) 'At the rock there was a water spring called 'Al-Hayat' and none came in touch with its water but became alive. So some of the water of that spring fell over that fish, so it moved and slipped out of the basket and entered the sea. When Moses woke up, he asked his attendant, 'Bring our early meal' (18.62). The narrator added: Moses did not suffer from fatigue except after he had passed the place he had been ordered to observe. His attendant Yusha` bin Noon said to him, 'Do you remember (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the fish ...' (18.63) The narrator added: So they came back, retracing their steps and then they found in the sea, the way of the fish looking like a tunnel. So there was an astonishing event for his attendant, and there was tunnel for the fish. When they reached the rock, they found a man covered with a garment. Moses greeted him. The man said astonishingly, 'Is there any such greeting in your land?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' The man said, 'Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes,' and added, 'may I follow you so that you teach me something of the Knowledge which you have been taught?' (18.66). Al-Khadir said to him, 'O Moses! You have something of Allah's knowledge which Allah has taught you and which I do not know; and I have something of Allah's knowledge which Allah has taught me and which you do not know.' Moses said, 'But I will follow you.' Al-Khadir said, 'Then if you follow me, ask me no question about anything until I myself speak to you concerning it.' (18.70). After that both of them proceeded along the seashore. There passed by them a boat whose crew recognized Al-Khadir and received them on board free of charge. So they both got on board. A sparrow came and sat on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak unto the sea. Al-Khadir said to Moses, 'My knowledge and your knowledge and all the creation's knowledge compared to Allah's knowledge is not more than the water taken by this sparrow's beak.' Then Moses was startled by Al-Khadir's action of taking an adze and scuttling the boat with it. Moses said to him, 'These people gave us a free lift, but you intentionally scuttled their boat so as to drown them. Surely you have...' (18.71) Then they both proceeded and found a boy playing with other boys. Al-Khadir took hold of him by the head and cut it off. Moses said to him, 'Have you killed an innocent soul who has killed nobody? Surely you have done an illegal thing! ' (18.74) He said, "Didn't I tell you that you will not be able to have patient with me up to ..but they refused to entertain them as their guests. There they found a wall therein at the point of collapsing.' (18.75-77) Al-Khadir moved his hand thus and set it upright (repaired it). Moses said to him, 'When we entered this town, they neither gave us hospitality nor fed us; if you had wished, you could have taken wages for it,' Al- Khadir said, 'This is the parting between you and me I will tell you the interpretation of (those things) about which you were unable to hold patience.'...(18.78) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'We wished that Moses could have been more patient so that He (Allah) could have described to us more about their story.' Ibn `Abbas used to recite:-- 'And in front (ahead) of them there was a king who used to seize every (serviceable) boat by force. (18.79) ...and as for the boy he was a disbeliever

Saeed bin Jubair bataate hain: Maine Ibn Abbas se kaha, 'Nauf-al-Bakali ka dava hai ke Bani Israel wale Musa, Khidr ke saathi Musa nahi the.' Ibn Abbas ne kaha, 'Allah ka dushman jhoot bolta hai! Ubai bin Ka'b ne humein bataaya ke Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne farmaya: Musa Bani Israel ke saamne khutba dene khade hue, unse pucha gaya, "Sabse zyaada ilm rakhne wala kaun hai?" Musa ne jawab diya, "Main (sabse zyaada ilm rakhta hoon)." Isper Allah ne Musa ko tanbeeh ki, kyunke unhone sara ilm Allah ki taraf mansoob nahi kiya. (Phir) wahi aayi: "Haan, Hamaara ek banda hai do samundaron ke sangam par jo tumse zyaada ilm rakhta hai." Musa ne kaha, "Aye mere Rab! Main unse kaise mil sakta hoon?" Allah ne kaha, "Ek machhli tokri mein le lo, aur jahaan bhi machhli kho jaaye, uska peecha karo (tumhein wahin milenge)." To Musa apne khidmatgaar Yusha bin Noon ke saath, machhli lekar nikle, yahaan tak ke ek chattaan tak pahunche aur wahaan aaraam kiya. Musa ne apna sar rakha aur so gaye.' (Sufyan, is hadees ke ravi, kehte hain ke Amr ke ilaava kisi ne bataaya ke) 'Us chattaan par "Al-Hayat" naami ek chashma tha, aur jo bhi uske paani se chhoo jaata, wo zinda ho jaata. To us chashme ka kuch paani us machhli par gira, aur wo hilne lagi aur tokri se nikal kar samundar mein chali gayi. Jab Musa jaage, to unhone apne khidmatgaar se kaha, "Hamara subah ka khaana laao." (18:62) Ravi ne aage kaha: Musa ko thakaan nahi hui thi jab tak wo us jagah se aage nahi nikal gaye jahaan unhein rukne ka hukm tha. Unke khidmatgaar Yusha bin Noon ne unse kaha, "Kya aapko yaad hai jab hum chattaan ke paas the? Main waaqai machhli (batana) bhool gaya..." (18:63) Ravi ne aage kaha: To wo apne qadmon ke nishaan dhoondhte hue wapas laute aur samundar mein machhli ka raasta ek surang jaisa paaya. Ye unke khidmatgaar ke liye hairaani ki baat thi, aur machhli ke liye ek surang thi. Jab wo chattaan tak pahunche, unhein ek shaks mila jo chaadar odhe hue tha. Musa ne unhe salaam kiya. Us shaks ne hairaan hokar kaha, "Kya tumhaare mulk mein aisa salaam hota hai?" Musa ne kaha, "Main Musa hoon." Usne pucha, "Bani Israel wale Musa?" Musa ne kaha, "Haan," aur kaha, "Kya main aapke saath chal sakta hoon taake aap mujhe wo sikhaayein jo aapko sikhaaya gaya hai?" (18:66) Khidr ne unse kaha, "Aye Musa! Tumhaare paas Allah ka wo ilm hai jo usne tumhein sikhaaya hai aur jo main nahi jaanta; aur mere paas Allah ka wo ilm hai jo usne mujhe sikhaaya hai aur jo tum nahi jaante." Musa ne kaha, "Lekin main aapke saath chalunga." Khidr ne kaha, "Agar tum mere saath chalte ho, to mujhse kisi baat ke baare mein tab tak mat poochna jab tak main khud tumhein na bataun." (18:70) Iske baad dono samundar ke kinaare chalte rahe. Ek kashti unke paas se guzri jiske log Khidr ko pehchaante the aur unhein bagair kiraaye ke sawaar kar liya. To dono sawaar ho gaye. Ek chidiya aayi aur kashti ke kinaare baith gayi aur apni chonch samundar mein dubaayi. Khidr ne Musa se kaha, "Mera aur tumhaara aur saari makhlooq ka ilm, Allah ke ilm ke muqaable mein, is chidiya ki chonch se liye gaye paani se zyaada nahi." Phir Musa hairaan reh gaye jab Khidr ne ek basoola lekar kashti mein chhed kar diya. Musa ne unse kaha, "In logon ne humein bagair kiraaye sawaar kiya, magar aapne jaan-boojh kar unki kashti mein chhed kar diya taake unhein doobaa dein. Waaqai aapne..." (18:71) Phir dono aage badhe aur unhein kuch bachchon ke saath khel raha ek ladka mila. Khidr ne uska sar pakad kar kaat diya. Musa ne unse kaha, "Kya aapne ek be-gunaah jaan ko qatl kiya jisne kisi ko qatl nahi kiya? Waaqai aapne ek ghinaunaa kaam kiya!" (18:74) Unhone kaha, "Kya maine tumse nahi kaha tha ke tum mere saath sabar nahi kar paaoge..." yahaan tak ke ... "magar unhone unhein mehmaan banaane se inkaar kiya. Wahaan unhein ek deewaar mili jo girne hi waali thi." (18:75-77) Khidr ne apna haath is tarah hilaaya aur use seedha kar diya (theek kar diya). Musa ne unse kaha, "Jab hum is basti mein aaye, na unhone humaari mehmaan-nawaazi ki na khaana khilaaya; agar aap chahte to iske badle ujrat le sakte the." Khidr ne kaha, "Ye mere aur tumhaare beech judaai hai, main tumhein un cheezon ki tafseer bataunga jinpar tum sabar na kar sake..." (18:78) Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne farmaya, "Humaari khwaish thi ke Musa aur sabar karte, taake Allah humein unke kisse ke baare mein aur bataata."' Ibn Abbas padha karte the: 'Aur unke aage ek baadshaah tha jo har (kaam ki) kashti zabardasti chheen leta tha.' (18:79) ... aur wo ladka ek kaafir tha.

Sahih al-Bukhari 4727 · Book 65, Hadith 249