Sahih Muslim — Virtues

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Salama with the same chain of transmitters

وحدثنيه محمد بن حاتم، حدثنا يزيد بن هارون، حدثنا عبد العزيز بن ابي سلمة، بهذا الاسناد سواء

Abu Huraira reported that two persons, one from amongst the Jews and the other from amongst the Muslims, fell into dispute and began to abuse one another. The Muslim said:By Him Who chose Muhammad (ﷺ) in the worlds. And the Jew said: By Him Who chose Moses in the worlds. Thereupon the Muslim lifted his hand and slapped at the face of the Jew. The Jew went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and told him about his affair and the affair of the Muslim. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Don't make me superior to Moses for mankind will swoon and I would be the first to recover from it and Moses would be at that time seizing the side of the Throne and I do not know (whether) he would swoon and would recover before me or Allah would make an exception for him

حدثني زهير بن حرب، وابو بكر بن النضر قالا حدثنا يعقوب بن ابراهيم، حدثنا ابي، عن ابن شهاب، عن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، وعبد الرحمن الاعرج، عن ابي هريرة، قال استب رجلان رجل من اليهود ورجل من المسلمين فقال المسلم والذي اصطفى محمدا صلى الله عليه وسلم على العالمين . وقال اليهودي والذي اصطفى موسى عليه السلام على العالمين . قال فرفع المسلم يده عند ذلك فلطم وجه اليهودي فذهب اليهودي الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاخبره بما كان من امره وامر المسلم فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تخيروني على موسى فان الناس يصعقون فاكون اول من يفيق فاذا موسى باطش بجانب العرش فلا ادري اكان فيمن صعق فافاق قبلي ام كان ممن استثنى الله

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:A person from amongst the Muslims and a person from amongst the Jews fell into dispute and reviled each other. The rest of the hadith is the same

وحدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الدارمي، وابو بكر بن اسحاق قالا اخبرنا ابو اليمان، اخبرنا شعيب، عن الزهري، اخبرني ابو سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، وسعيد بن المسيب، عن ابي هريرة، قال استب رجل من المسلمين ورجل من اليهود . بمثل حديث ابراهيم بن سعد عن ابن شهاب

Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that a Jew who had received a blow at his face came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ; the rest of the hadith is the same, up to the hand (where the words are):That he (the Holy Prophet) said: I do not know whether he would be one who would fall into swoon and would recover before me or he would be compensated for his swooning at Tur (and thus he would not swoon on this occasion) of Resurrection

وحدثني عمرو الناقد، حدثنا ابو احمد الزبيري، حدثنا سفيان، عن عمرو بن، يحيى عن ابيه، عن ابي سعيد الخدري، قال جاء يهودي الى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قد لطم وجهه . وساق الحديث بمعنى حديث الزهري غير انه قال " فلا ادري اكان ممن صعق فافاق قبلي او اكتفى بصعقة الطور

Abu Sa'id Kudari reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) having, said this:Don't make distinction amongst the Apostles. This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters also

حدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع، عن سفيان، ح وحدثنا ابن نمير، حدثنا ابي، حدثنا سفيان، عن عمرو بن يحيى، عن ابيه، عن ابي سعيد الخدري، قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " لا تخيروا بين الانبياء " . وفي حديث ابن نمير عمرو بن يحيى حدثني ابي

Anas b. malik reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:I came. And in the narration transmitted on the authority of Haddib (the words are): I happened to pass by Moses on the occasion of the Night journey near the red mound (and found him) saying his prayer in his grave

حدثنا هداب بن خالد، وشيبان بن فروخ، قالا حدثنا حماد بن سلمة، عن ثابت، البناني وسليمان التيمي عن انس بن مالك، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اتيت - وفي رواية هداب مررت - على موسى ليلة اسري بي عند الكثيب الاحمر وهو قايم يصلي في قبره

Anas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:I happened to pass by Moses as he was busy in saying prayer in his grave, and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Isa there is an addition of these words:, I happened to pass on the occasion of the Night journey

وحدثنا علي بن خشرم، اخبرنا عيسى يعني ابن يونس، ح وحدثنا عثمان بن، ابي شيبة حدثنا جرير، كلاهما عن سليمان التيمي، عن انس، ح وحدثناه ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، حدثنا عبدة بن سليمان، عن سفيان، عن سليمان، التيمي سمعت انسا، يقول قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " مررت على موسى وهو يصلي في قبره " . وزاد في حديث عيسى " مررت ليلة اسري بي

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may prace be upon him) as saying that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, said:It is not meet for a servant of Mine that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (peace be upon him)

حدثنا ابو بكر بن ابي شيبة، ومحمد بن المثنى، ومحمد بن بشار، قالوا حدثنا محمد بن جعفر، - حدثنا شعبة، عن سعد بن ابراهيم، قال سمعت حميد بن عبد الرحمن، يحدث عن ابي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه " قال - يعني الله تبارك وتعالى - لا ينبغي لعبد لي - وقال ابن المثنى لعبدي - ان يقول انا خير من يونس بن متى عليه السلام " . قال ابن ابي شيبة محمد بن جعفر عن شعبة

Abu al-Aliya said:The son of the uncle of your Prophet (ﷺ), i. e. Ibn Abbas, reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: It is not meet for a servant that he should say: I am better than Yunus b. Matta (and this Matta) is the name of his father

حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، وابن، بشار - واللفظ لابن المثنى - قالا حدثنا محمد، بن جعفر حدثنا شعبة، عن قتادة، قال سمعت ابا العالية، يقول حدثني ابن عم، نبيكم صلى الله عليه وسلم - يعني ابن عباس - عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " ما ينبغي لعبد ان يقول انا خير من يونس بن متى " . ونسبه الى ابيه

Abu Huraira reported:It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as to who was the most worthy of respect amongst people. He said: The most God-conscious amongst you They said: It is not this that we are asking about, whereupon he said: Then he is Yusuf, the Apostle of Aliah and the son of Allah's Apostle, Ya'qub, who was also the son of Allah's Apostle, the friend of Allah (Ibrahim) They said: This is not what we are asking you. He said: You mean the tribes of Arabia? Those who are good in pre-Islamic days are good in Islam (after embracing Islam) when they get an understanding of it

حدثنا زهير بن حرب، ومحمد بن المثنى، وعبيد الله بن سعيد، قالوا حدثنا يحيى، بن سعيد عن عبيد الله، اخبرني سعيد بن ابي سعيد، عن ابيه، عن ابي هريرة، قال قيل يا رسول الله من اكرم الناس قال " اتقاهم " . قالوا ليس عن هذا نسالك . قال " فيوسف نبي الله ابن نبي الله ابن نبي الله ابن خليل الله " . قالوا ليس عن هذا نسالك . قال " فعن معادن العرب تسالوني خيارهم في الجاهلية خيارهم في الاسلام اذا فقهوا

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was a carpenter

حدثنا هداب بن خالد، حدثنا حماد بن سلمة، عن ثابت، عن ابي رافع، عن ابي، هريرة ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " كان زكرياء نجارا

Sa'id b. Jubair reported:I said to Ibn Abbas that Nauf al-Bikali was of the opinion that Moses (peace be upon him), the Apostle of Bani Isra'il, was not the same who accompanied Khadir, whereupon he said: The enemy of Allah tells a lie. I heard Ubayy b. Ka'b say: Moses (peace be upon him) stood up to give sermon to the people of Isra'il. He was asked as to who amongst the people has the best knowledge, whereupon he said: I have the best knowledge. Thereupon Allah was annoyed with him that he did not attribute (the best knowledge) to Him. He revealed to him: A servant amongst My servants is at the junction of two rivers who has more knowledge than yours. Moses said: How can I meet him? It was said to him: Carry a fish in the large basket and the place where you find it missing there you will find him. Thereupon Moses proceeded forth along with a young man (Yusha'). Joshua b. Nun and Moses (peace be upon him) put the fish in the basket and there went along with him the young man (Yusha') until they came to a certain rock and Moses and his companion went to sleep and the fish stirred in that basket and fell into the ocean and Allah stopped the current of water like a vault until the way was made for the fish. Moses and his young companion were astonished and they walked for the rest of the day and the night and the friend of Moses forgot to inform him of this incident. When it was morning, Moses (peace be upon him) said to the young man: Bring for us the breakfast for we are dead tired because of this journey, and they did not feel exhausted until they had passed that place where they had been commanded (to stay). He said: Don't you know that when we reached the Sakhra (rock) I forgot the fish and nothing made me forget it but Satan that I could not remember it? How strange is it that the fish found a way in the river? Moses said: That was what we had been aiming at. Then both of them retraced their steps until they reached Sakhra; there they saw a man covered with a cloth. Moses greeted him. Khadir said to him: Where is as-Salam in our country.? He said: I am Moses, whereupon he (Khadir) said: You mean the Moses of Bani Isra'il? He said: Yes. He (Khadir) said: You have a knowledge out of the knowledge of Allah which in fact Allah imparted to you and about that I know nothing and I have knowledge out of Allah's knowledge which He imparted to me and about that you do not know. Moses (peace be upon him) said to him: May I follow you so that you may teach me that with which you have been taught righteousness. He said: You will not be able to bear with me; how you will be able to bear that about which you do not know? Moses said: Thou wilt find me patient, nor shalt I disobey you in aught. Khadir said to him: If you were to follow me, then do not ask me about anything until I myself speak to you about it. He said: Yes. So Khadir and Moses set forth on the bank of the river that there came before them a boat. Both of them talked to them (the owners of the boat) so that they might carry both of them. They had recognised Khadir and they carried them free. Khadir thereupon took hold of a plank in the boat and broke it away. Moses said: These people have carried us without any charge and you attempt to break their boat so that the people sailing in the boat may drown. This is (something) grievous that you have done. He said: Did I not say that you would not bear with me? He said: Blame me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon what I did. Then both of them got down from the boat and began to walk along the coastline that they saw a boy who had been playing with other boys. Khadir pulled up his head and killed him. Moses said: Have you killed an innocent person who is in no way guilty of slaying another? You have done something horrible. Thereupon he said: Did I not say to you that you will not be able to bear with me? He (Moses) said: This (act) is more grievous than the first one. He (Moses) further said. If I ask you about anything after this, keep not company with me, then you would no doubt find (a plausible) excuse for this. Then they both walked on until they reached the inhabitants of a village. They asked its inhabitants for food but they refused to entertain them as their guests. They found in it a wall which had been bent on one side and was about to fall. Khadir set it right with his own hand. Moses, said to him: It is the people to whom we came but they showed us no hospitality and they did not serve us food. If you wish you can get wages for it. He (Khadir) said: This is the parting of ways between me and you. Now I wish to reveal to you the significance of that for which you could not bear with me. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. May Allah have mercy upon Moses! I wish if Moses could show patience and a (fuller) story of both of them could have been told. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that the first thing which Moses said was out of forgetfulness. Then there came a sparrow until it perched on the wall of the boat and took water from the ocean. Thereupon, Khadir said: My knowledge and your knowledge in comparison with the knowledge of Allah is even less than the water taken by the sparrow in its beak in comparison to the water of the ocean, and Sa'id b. Jubair used to recite (verses 79 and 80 of Sura Kahf) in this way: There was before them a king who used to seize every boat by force which was in order, the boy was an unbeliever

Sa, id b. jubair reported that it was said to Ibn 'Abbas that Nauf al-Bikali was of the opinion that Moses who went in search of knowledge was not the Moses of Bani Isra'il. He said:Sa'id, did you hear it from him? I said: Yes. Thereupon he said that Nauf had not stated the fact

حدثني محمد بن عبد الاعلى القيسي، حدثنا المعتمر بن سليمان التيمي، عن ابيه، عن رقبة، عن ابي اسحاق، عن سعيد بن جبير، قال قيل لابن عباس ان نوفا يزعم ان موسى الذي ذهب يلتمس العلم ليس بموسى بني اسراييل . قال اسمعته يا سعيد قلت نعم . قال كذب نوف

Ubayy b. Ka'b narrated to us that he had heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Moses had been delivering sermons to his people. And he made this remark: No person upon the earth has better knowledge than I or nothing better than mine. Thereupon Allah revealed to him: I know one who is better than you (in knowledge) or there is a person on the earth having more knowledge than you. Thereupon he said: My Lord, direct me to him. It was said to him: Keep a salted fish as a provision for journey. The place where that fish would be lost (there you will find that man). So he set forth and a young slave along with him until they came to a place Sakhra. but he did not find any clue. So he proceeded on and left that young man there. The fish began to stir in water and the water assumed the form of an ark over the fish. The young man said: I should meet Allah's Apostle (peace be upon him) and inform him, but he was made to forget and when they had gone beyond that place, he (Moses) said to the young man: Bring breakfast. We have been exhausted because of the journey, and he (Moses) was not exhausted until he had crossed that (particular) place (where he had) to meet Khadir, and the youth was reminded and said: Did you not see that as we reached Sakhra I forgot the fish and it is satan alone who has made me forgetful of it'? It is strange that he has been able to find way in the ocean too. He said: This is what we sought for us. They returned retracing their steps, and he (his companion) pointed to him the location (where) the fish (had been lost). Moses began to search him there. He suddenly saw Khadir wrapped in a cloth and lying on his back. He said to him: As-Salamu-'Alaikum. He removed the cloth from his face and said: Wa 'Alaikum-us-Salam! Who are you? He said: I am Moses. He said: Who Moses? He said: Moses Of Bani Isra'il. He said: What brought you here? He said: I have come so that you may teach me what you have been taught of righteousness. He said: You shall have to bear with me, and how can you have patience about a thing of which you have no comprehensive knowledge? You will not have patience when you see me doing a thing I have been ordered to do. He said: If Allah pleases, you will find me patient, nor shall I disobey you in aught. Khadir said: If you follow me, don't ask me about anything until I explain it to you. So they went on until they embarked upon a boat. He (Khadir) made a hole in that. Thereupon he (Moses) said: You have done this so that you may drown the persons sitting in the boat. You have done something grievous. Thereupon he said: Did I not tell you that you will not be able to bear with me? Thereupon he (Moses) said: Blame me not for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for what I did. (Khadir gave him another chance.) So they went on until they reached a place where boys were playing. He went to one of them and caught hold'of one (apparently) at random and killed him. Moses (peace be upon him) felt agitated and said: You have killed an innocent person not guilty of slaying another. You have done something aboininable. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: May Allah have mercy upon us and Moses. Had he shown patience he would have seen wonderful things, but fear of blame, with respect to his companion, seized him and he said: If I ask anything after this, keep not company with me. You will then have a valid excuse in my case, and had he (Moses) shown patience he would have seen many wonderful things. He (the narrator) said: Whenever he (the Holy Prophet) made mention of any Prophet, he always said: May there be mercy of Allah upon us and upon my brother so and so. They, however, proceeded on until they came to the inhabitants of a village who were very miserly. They went to the meeting places and asked for hospitality but they refused to show any hospitality to them. They both found in that village a wall which was about to fall. He (Khadir) set it right. Thereupon he (Moses) said: If you so liked. you could get wages for it. Thereupon he said: This is the partince, of ways between me and you, and, taking hold of his cloth, he said: Now I will explain to you the real significance (of all these acts) for which you could not show patience. As for the boat, it belonged to the poor people working on the river and I intended to damage it for there was ahead of them (a king) who seized boats by force. (When he came) to catch hold of it he found it a damaged boat, so he spared it (and later on) it was set right with wood. So far as the boy is concerned, he has been, by very nature, an unbeliever, whereas his parents loved him very much. Had he grown up he would have involved them in wrongdoing and unbelief, so we wished that their Lord should give them in its place one better in purity and close to mercy. And as for the wall it belonged to two orphan boys in the city and there was beneath it a (treasure) belongin to them,... up to the last verse

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Abu Ishaq

وحدثنا عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن الدارمي، اخبرنا محمد بن يوسف، ح وحدثنا عبد بن حميد، اخبرنا عبيد الله بن موسى، كلاهما عن اسراييل، عن ابي اسحاق، باسناد التيمي عن ابي اسحاق، نحو حديثه

Ibn 'Abbas has reported this hadith on the authority of Ubayy b. ka'b that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) used to recite this

وحدثنا عمرو الناقد، حدثنا سفيان بن عيينة، عن عمرو، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن ابن عباس، عن ابى بن كعب، ان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قرا { لتخذت عليه اجرا}

Utba b. Mas, ud reported that 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas contended with Hurr b. Qais b. Hisn al-Fazari aboat the companion of Moses (peace be upon hiin). Ibn 'Abbas said that he was Khadir. There happened to pass Ubayy b. Ka'b Ansari. Ibn Abbas called him and said:Abu Tufail, come to us. There has been a difference of opinion between me and my friend about the companion of Moses whom he wanted to meet on the way. Did hear anything from Allah's meesenger (ﷺ) making a mention of anything? Ubayy said: I heard Allah's Messenger (may Peace be upon him) as saying: As Moses was amongst the group of Bani Isra'il, there came to him a person and he said to him: Do you know anyone having better knowledge than you? Moses said: No. Thereupon Allah revealed to Moses: Of course, there is amongst Our servants Khadir (who has better knowledge) than you. Moses asked the way of meeting him. Allah made the fish a sign and it was said to him: Where you miss the fish return to that (place) and you will soon find him. So Moses moved on as Allah wished him to move on. He then said to his young companion: Bring for us the breakfast. Thereupop that young man said to Moses. when he asked him for the breakfast: Don't you see that as we had reached the Sakhra I forgot the fish and nobody made it forget (in our mind) but the satan that I should remind you of it? Mosed said to that young man: This was what we wanted. So they retraced their steps and met Khadir and the events which followed have been described in His Book except that Yunus (the narrator) said that he followed the traces of fish in the ocean

حدثني حرملة بن يحيى، اخبرنا ابن وهب، اخبرني يونس، عن ابن شهاب، عن عبيد الله بن عبد الله بن عتبة بن مسعود، عن عبد الله بن عباس، انه تمارى هو والحر بن قيس بن حصن الفزاري في صاحب موسى عليه السلام فقال ابن عباس هو الخضر . فمر بهما ابى بن كعب الانصاري فدعاه ابن عباس فقال يا ابا الطفيل هلم الينا فاني قد تماريت انا وصاحبي هذا في صاحب موسى الذي سال السبيل الى لقيه فهل سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يذكر شانه فقال ابى سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول " بينما موسى في ملا من بني اسراييل اذ جاءه رجل فقال له هل تعلم احدا اعلم منك قال موسى لا . فاوحى الله الى موسى بل عبدنا الخضر - قال - فسال موسى السبيل الى لقيه فجعل الله له الحوت اية وقيل له اذا افتقدت الحوت فارجع فانك ستلقاه فسار موسى ما شاء الله ان يسير ثم قال لفتاه اتنا غداءنا . فقال فتى موسى حين ساله الغداء ارايت اذ اوينا الى الصخرة فاني نسيت الحوت وما انسانيه الا الشيطان ان اذكره . فقال موسى لفتاه ذلك ما كنا نبغي . فارتدا على اثارهما قصصا فوجدا خضرا . فكان من شانهما ما قص الله في كتابه " . الا ان يونس قال فكان يتبع اثر الحوت في البحر