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.”