Volume 4, Book 55, Number 631:
Narrated Abdullah bin Amr:
Allah’s Apostle said to me, “The most beloved fasting to Allah was the fasting of (the Prophet) David
who used to fast on alternate days. And the most beloved prayer to Allah was the prayer of David
who used to sleep for (the first) half of the night and pray for 1/3 of it and (again) sleep for a sixth of
it.”
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Volume 4, Book 55, Number 632:
Narrated Mujahid:
I asked Ibn ‘Abbas, “Should we perform a prostration on reciting Surat-Sad?” He recited (the Sura)
including: ‘And among his progeny, David, Solomon..(up to)…so follow their guidance (6.84-91) And
then he said, “Your Prophet is amongst those people who have been ordered to follow them (i.e. the
preceding apostles).
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 617:
Narrated Abdullah:
Once the Prophet distributed something (among his followers. A man said, “This distribution has
not been done (with justice) seeking Allah’s Countenance.” I went to the Prophet and told him (of
that). He became so angry that I saw the signs of anger oh his face. Then he said, “May Allah bestow
His Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in a worse manner) than this; yet he endured pa –
tiently.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 618:
Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah:
We were with Allah’s Apostle picking the fruits of the ‘Arak trees, and Allah’s Apostle said, “Pick
the black fruit, for it is the best.” The companions asked, “Were you a shepherd?” He replied, “There
was no prophet who was not a shepherd.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 619:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Angel of Death was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the eye. The
angel returned to his Lord and said, “You have sent me to a Slave who does not want to die.” Allah
said, “Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that will
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come under it, he will be granted one year of life.” Moses said, “O Lord! What will happen after
that?” Allah replied, “Then death.” Moses said, “Let it come now.” Moses then requested Allah to let
him die close to the Sacred Land so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone’s throw from
it.” Abu Huraira added, “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘If I were there, I would show you his grave below the
red sand hill on the side of the road.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 620:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
A Muslim and a Jew quarreled. The Muslim taking an oath, said, “By Him Who has preferred
Muhammad over all people…!” The Jew said, “By Him Who has preferred Moses, over all people.” The
Muslim raised his hand and slapped the Jew who came to the Prophet to tell him what had happened
between him and the Muslim. The Prophet said, “Don’t give me superiority over Moses, for the people
will become unconscious (on the Day of Resurrection) and I will be the first to gain consciousness to
see Moses standing and holding a side of Allah’s Throne. I will not know if he has been among those
people who have become unconscious; and that he has gained consciousness before me, or he has
been amongst those whom Allah has exempted.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 605:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
The Prophet returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin
Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic Waraqa asked (the
Prophet), “What do you see?” When he told him, Waraqa said, “That is the same angel whom Allah
sent to the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you receive the Divine Message, I will support you
strongly.”
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 621:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Adam and Moses argued with each other. Moses said to Adam. ‘You are Adam
whose mistake expelled you from Paradise.’ Adam said to him, ‘You are Moses whom Allah selected
as His Messenger and as the one to whom He spoke directly; yet you blame me for a thing which had
already been written in my fate before my creation?”‘ Allah’s Apostle said twice, “So, Adam over –
powered Moses.”