Volume 6, Book 60, Number 279:
Narrated Masruq:
‘Aisha said that Hassan bin Thabit came and asked permission to visit her. I said, “How do you per –
mit such a person?” She said, “Hasn’t he received a severely penalty?” (Sufyan, the subnarrator, said:
She meant the loss of his sight.) Thereupon Hassan said the following poetic verse:
“A chaste pious woman who arouses no suspicion. She never talks about chaste heedless women
behind their backs.’ On that she said, “But you are not so.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 248:
Narrated ‘Ali:
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That one night Allah’s Apostle came to him and Fatima and said, “Don’t you (both offer the (Ta –
hajjud) prayer?” Ali said, ‘When Allah wishes us to get up, we get up.” The Prophet then recited: ‘But
man is more quarrelsome than anything.’ (18.54) (See Hadith No. 227,Vol. 2)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 249:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
I said to Ibn ‘Abbas, “Nauf Al-Bikali claims that Moses, the companion of Al-Khadir was not the
Moses of the children of Israel” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “The enemy of Allah (Nauf) told a lie.” Narrated Ubai
bin Ka’b that he heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Moses got up to deliver a speech before the children of
Israel and he was asked, Who is the most learned person among the people?’ Moses replied, ‘I (am
the most learned).’ Allah admonished him for he did not ascribe knowledge to Allah alone. So Allah
revealed to him: ‘At the junction of the two seas there is a slave of Ours who is more learned than
you.’ Moses asked, ‘O my Lord, how can I meet him?’ Allah said, ‘Take a fish and put it in a basket
(and set out), and where you, will lose the fish, you will find him.’ So Moses (took a fish and put it in
a basket and) set out, along with his boy-servant Yusha’ bin Nun, till they reached a rock (on which)
they both lay their heads and slept. The fish moved vigorously in the basket and got out of it and fell
into the sea and there it took its way through the sea (straight) as in a tunnel). (18.61) Allah stopped
the current of water on both sides of the way created by the fish, and so that way was like a tunnel.
When Moses got up, his companion forgot to tell him about the fish, and so they carried on their
journey during the rest of the day and the whole night.
The next morning Moses asked his boy-servant ‘Bring us our early meal; no doubt, we have
suffered much fatigue in this journey of ours.’ (18.62) Moses did not get tired till he had passed the
place which Allah had ordered him to seek after. His boy-servant then said to him,’ ‘Do you remem –
ber when we be-took ourselves to the rock I indeed forgot the fish, none but Satan made me forget to
remember it. It took its course into the sea in a marvelous way.’ (18.63)
There was a tunnel for the fish and for Moses and his boy-servant there was astonishment. Moses
said, ‘That is what we have been seeking’. So they went back retracing their footsteps. (18.64) They
both returned, retracing their steps till they reached the rock. Behold ! There they found a man
covered with a garment. Moses greeted him. Al-Khadir said astonishingly. ‘Is there such a greeting in
your land?’ Moses said, ‘I am Moses.’ He said, ‘Are you the Moses of the children of Israel?’ Moses
said, ‘I have come to you so that you may teach me of what you have been taught.
Al-Khadir said, ‘You will not be able to have patience with me. (18.66) O Moses! I have some of
Allah’s knowledge which He has bestowed upon me but you do not know it; and you too, have some
of Allah’s knowledge which He has bestowed upon you, but I do not know it.” Moses said, “Allah will –
ing, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you in anything.’ (18.6) Al-Khadir said to him. ‘If
you then follow me, do not ask me about anything until I myself speak to you concerning it.’ (18.70),
After that both of them proceeded along the sea coast, till a boat passed by and they requested the
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crew to let them go on board. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and allowed them to get on board free
of charge. When they got on board suddenly Moses saw that Al-Khadir had pulled out one of the
planks of the boat with an adze. Moses said to him.’ These people gave us a free lift, yet you have
scuttled their boat so as to drown its people! Truly, you have done a dreadful thing.’ (18.71)
Al-Khadir said, ‘Didn’t I say that you can have no patience with me ?’ (18.72) Moses said, ‘Call me
not to account for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you.)” (18.73)
Allah’s Apostle said, “The first excuse given by Moses, was that he had forgotten. Then a sparrow
came and sat over the edge of the boat and dipped its beak once in the sea. Al-Khadir said to Moses,
‘My knowledge and your knowledge, compared to Allah’s knowledge is like what this sparrow has
taken out of the sea.’ Then they both got out of the boat, and while they were walking on the sea
shore, Al-Khadir saw a boy playing with other boys. Al-Khadir got hold of the head of that boy and
pulled it out with his hands and killed him. Moses said, ‘Have you killed an innocent soul who has
killed nobody! Truly, you have done an illegal thing.’ (18.74) He said, “Didn’t I tell you that you can
have no patience with me?’ (18.75) (The sub narrator said, the second blame was stronger than the
first one.) Moses said, ‘If I ask you about anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have
received an excuse from me.’ (18.76)
Then they both proceeded until they came to the inhabitants of a town. They asked them food but
they refused to entertain them. (In that town) they found there a wall on the point of falling down.
(18.77) Al-Khadir set it up straight with his own hands. Moses said, ‘These are people to whom we
came, but they neither fed us nor received us as guests. If you had wished, you could surely have ex –
acted some recompense for it. Al-Khadir said, ‘This is the parting between me and you ..that is the in –
terpretation of (those things) over which you were unable to hold patience.’ (18.78-82)
Allah’s Apostle said, “We wished that Moses could have been more patient so that Allah might
have described to us more about their story.”
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 250:
Narrated Ibn Juraij:
Ya’la bin Muslim and ‘Amr bin Dinar and some others narrated the narration of Said bin Jubair.
Narrated Said: While we were at the house of Ibn ‘Abbas, Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Ask me (any question)” I
said, “O Abu Abbas! May Allah let me be sacrificed for you ! There is a man at Kufa who is a story-
teller called Nauf; who claims that he (Al-Khadir’s companion) is not Moses of Bani Israel.” As for
‘Amr, he said to me, “Ibn ‘Abbas said, “(Nauf) the enemy of Allah told a lie.” But Ya’la said to me, “Ibn
‘Abbas said, Ubai bin Ka’b said, Allah’s Apostle said, ‘Once Moses, Allah’s Apostle, preached to the
people till their eyes shed tears and their hearts became tender, whereupon he finished his sermon.
Then a man came to Moses and asked, ‘O Allah’s Apostle! Is there anyone on the earth who is more
learned than you?’ Moses replied, ‘No.’ So Allah admonished him (Moses), for he did not ascribe all
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knowledge to Allah. It was said, (on behalf of Allah), ‘Yes, (there is a slave of ours who knows more
than you ).’ Moses said, ‘O my Lord! Where is he?’ Allah said, ‘At the junction of the two seas.’ Moses
said, ‘O my Lord ! Tell I me of a sign whereby I will recognize the place.’ ” ‘Amr said to me, Allah said,
“That place will be where the fish will leave you.” Ya’la said to me, “Allah said (to Moses), ‘Take a dead
fish (and your goal will be) the place where it will become alive.’ ” So Moses took a fish and put it in
a basket and said to his boy-servant “I don’t want to trouble you, except that you should inform me
as soon as this fish leaves you.” He said (to Moses).” You have not demanded too much.” And that is as
mentioned by Allah:
‘And (remember) when Moses said to his attendant …. ‘ (18.60) Yusha’ bin Nun. (Said did not state
that). The Prophet said, “While the attendant was in the shade of the rock at a wet place, the fish
slipped out (alive) while Moses was sleeping. His attend an said (to himself), “I will not wake him, but
when he woke up, he forgot to tell him The fish slipped out and entered the sea. Allah stopped the
flow of the sea. where the fish was, so that its trace looked as if it was made on a rock. ‘Amr forming
a hole with his two thumbs an index fingers, said to me, “Like this, as in its trace was made on a
rock.” Moses said “We have suffered much fatigue on this journey of ours.” (This was not narrate by
Said). Then they returned back and found Al-Khadir. ‘Uthman bin Abi Sulaiman said to me, (they
found him) on a green carpet in the middle of the sea. Al-Khadir was covered with his garment with
one end under his feet and the other end under his head. When Moses greeted, he uncovered his
face and said astonishingly, ‘Is there such a greeting in my land? Who are you?’ Moses said, ‘I am
Moses.’ Al-Khadir said, ‘Are you the Moses of Bani Israel?’ Moses said, ‘Yes.’ Al-Khadir said, “What do
you want?’ Moses said, ‘ I came to you so that you may teach me of the truth which you were taught.’
Al-Khadir said, ‘Is it not sufficient for you that the Torah is in your hands and the Divine Inspiration
comes to you, O Moses? Verily, I have a knowledge that you ought not learn, and you have a know –
ledge which I ought not learn.’ At that time a bird took with its beak (some water) from the sea: Al-
Khadir then said, ‘By Allah, my knowledge and your knowledge besides Allah’s Knowledge is like
what this bird has taken with its beak from the sea.’ Until, when they went on board the boat (18.71).
They found a small boat which used to carry the people from this sea-side to the other sea-side. The
crew recognized Al-Khadir and said, ‘The pious slave of Allah.’ (We said to Said “Was that Khadir?”
He said, “Yes.”) The boat men said, ‘We will not get him on board with fare.’ Al-Khadir scuttled the
boat and then plugged the hole with a piece o wood. Moses said, ‘Have you scuttle it in order to
drown these people surely, you have done a dreadful thing. (18.71) (Mujahid said. “Moses said so
protestingly.”) Al-Khadir said, didn’t I say that you can have no patience with me?’ (18.72) The first
inquiry of Moses was done because of forget fullness, the second caused him to be bound with a
stipulation, and the third was done he intentionally. Moses said, ‘Call me not to account for what I
forgot and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you).’ (18.73)
(Then) they found a boy and Al-Khadir killed him. Ya’la- said: Said said ‘They found boys playing
and Al-Khadir got hold of a handsome infidel boy laid him down and then slew him with knife.
Moses said, ‘Have you killed a innocent soul who has killed nobody’ (18.74) Then they proceeded
and found a wall which was on the point of falling down, and Al-Khadir set it up straight Said
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moved his hand thus and said ‘Al-Khadir raised his hand and the wall became straight. Ya’la said, ‘I
think Said said, ‘Al-Khadir touched the wall with his hand and it became straight (Moses said to Al-
Khadir), ‘If you had wished, you could have taken wages for it. Said said, ‘Wages that we might had
eaten.’ And there was a king in furor (ahead) of them” (18.79) And there was in front of them. Ibn
‘Abbas recited: ‘In front of them (was) a king.’
It is said on the authority of somebody other than Said that the king was Hudad bin Budad. They
say that the boy was called Haisur. ‘A king who seized every ship by force. (18.79) So I wished that if
that boat passed by him, he would leave it because of its defect and when they have passed they
would repair it and get benefit from it. Some people said that they closed that hole with a bottle, and
some said with tar. ‘His parents were believers, and he (the boy) was a non-believer and we(Khadir)
feared lest he would oppress them by obstinate rebellion and disbelief.’ (18.80) (i.e. that their love for
him would urge them to follow him in his religion, ‘so we (Khadir) desired that their Lord should
change him for them for one better in righteousness and near to mercy’ (18:81). This was in reply to
Moses’ saying: Have you killed an innocent soul.’? (18.74). ‘Near to mercy” means they will be more
merciful to him than they were to the former whom Khadir had killed. Other than Sa’id, said that
they were compensated with a girl. Dawud bin Abi ‘Asim said on the authority of more than one that
this next child was a girl.
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 251:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
I said to Ibn ‘Abbas, “Nauf-al-Bakali ” claims that Moses of Bani Israel was not Moses, the compan –
ion of Al-Khadir.” Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah’s enemy tells a lie! Ubai bin Ka’b narrated to us that Allah’s
Apostle 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 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 Nun, 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 be –
came 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 Nun 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
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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 tun –
nel 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 ques –
tion about anything until I myself speak to you concerning it.’ (18.70). After that both of them pro –
ceeded along the seashore. There passed by them a boat whose crew recognized Al-Khadir and re –
ceived 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 Apostle 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. “
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 252:
Narrated Musab:
I asked my father, “Was the Verse:– ‘Say: (O Muhammad) Shall We tell you the greatest losers in
respect of their deeds?'(18.103) revealed regarding Al-Haruriyya?” He said, “No, but regarding the
Jews and the Christians, for the Jews disbelieved Muhammad and the Christians disbelieved in Para –
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dise and say that there are neither meals nor drinks therein. Al- Hururiyya are those people who
break their pledge to Allah after they have confirmed that they will fulfill it, and Sad used to call
them ‘Al-Fasiqin (evildoers who forsake Allah’s obedience).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 253:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle said, “On the Day of Resurrection, a huge fat man will come who will not weigh,
the weight of the wing of a mosquito in Allah’s Sight.” and then the Prophet added, ‘We shall not give
them any weight on the Day of Resurrection ‘ (18.105)
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 254:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah’s Apostle said, “On the Day of Resurrection Death will be brought forward in the shape of a
black and white ram. Then a call maker will call, ‘O people of Paradise!’ Thereupon they will stretch
their necks and look carefully. The caller will say, ‘Do you know this?’ They will say, ‘Yes, this is
Death.’ By then all of them will have seen it. Then it will be announced again, ‘O people of Hell !’
They will stretch their necks and look carefully. The caller will say, ‘Do you know this?’ They will
say, ‘Yes, this is Death.’ And by then all of them will have seen it. Then it (that ram) will be
slaughtered and the caller will say, ‘O people of Paradise! Eternity for you and no death O people of
Hell! Eternity for you and no death.”‘ Then the Prophet, recited:–
‘And warn them of the Day of distress when the case has been decided, while (now) they are in a
state of carelessness (i.e. the people of the world) and they do not believe.’ (19.39)