\r\nNarrated Ibn Juraij:\r\n\r\n
Ya`la bin Muslim and `Amr bin Dinar and some others narrated the narration of Sa`id bin Jubair. \r\nNarrated Sa`id: While we were at the house of Ibn `Abbas, Ibn `Abbas said, \"Ask me (any question)\" I \r\nsaid, \"O Abu `Abbas! May Allah let me be sacrificed for you ! There is a man at Kufa who is a storyteller \r\ncalled Nauf; who claims that he (Al-Khadir's companion) is not Moses of Bani Israel.\" As for \r\n`Amr, he said to me, \"Ibn `Abbas said, \"(Nauf) the enemy of Allah told a lie.\" But Ya`la said to me, \r\n\"Ibn `Abbas said, Ubai bin Ka`b said, Allah's Apostle said, 'Once Moses, Allah's Apostle, preached to \r\nthe people till their eyes shed tears and their hearts became tender, whereupon he finished his sermon. \r\nThen a man came to Moses and asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! Is there anyone on the earth who is more \r\nlearned than you?' Moses replied, 'No.' So Allah admonished him (Moses), for he did not ascribe all \r\nknowledge to Allah. It was said, (on behalf of Allah), 'Yes, (there is a slave of ours who knows more \r\nthan you ).' Moses said, 'O my Lord! Where is he?' Allah said, 'At the junction of the two seas.' Moses \r\nsaid, 'O my Lord ! Tell I me of a sign whereby I will recognize the place.' \" `Amr said to me, Allah \r\nsaid, \"That place will be where the fish will leave you.\" Ya`la said to me, \"Allah said (to Moses), \r\n'Take a dead fish (and your goal will be) the place where it will become alive.' \" So Moses took a fish \r\nand put it in a basket and said to his boy-servant \"I don't want to trouble you, except that you should \r\ninform me as soon as this fish leaves you.\" He said (to Moses).\" You have not demanded too much.\" \r\nAnd that is as mentioned by Allah: \r\n'And (remember) when Moses said to his attendant .... ' (18.60) Yusha` bin Noon. (Sa`id did not state \r\nthat). The Prophet said, \"While the attendant was in the shade of the rock at a wet place, the fish \r\nslipped out (alive) while Moses was sleeping. His attend an said (to himself), \"I will not wake him, but \r\nwhen he woke up, he forgot to tell him The fish slipped out and entered the sea. Allah stopped the \r\nflow of the sea. where the fish was, so that its trace looked as if it was made on a rock. `Amr forming \r\na hole with his two thumbs an index fingers, said to me, \"Like this, as in its trace was made on a \r\nrock.\" \r\nMoses said \"We have suffered much fatigue on this journey of ours.\" (This was not narrated by Sa`id). \r\nThen they returned back and found Al-Khadir. `Uthman bin Abi Sulaiman said to me, (they found \r\nhim) on a green carpet in the middle of the sea. Al-Khadir was covered with his garment with one end \r\nunder his feet and the other end under his head. When Moses greeted, he uncovered his face and said \r\nastonishingly, 'Is there such a greeting in my land? Who are you?' Moses said, 'I am Moses.' Al- \r\nKhadir said, 'Are you the Moses of Bani Israel?' Moses said, 'Yes.' Al-Khadir said, \"What do you \r\nwant?' Moses said, ' I came to you so that you may teach me of the truth which you were taught.' Al- \r\nKhadir said, 'Is it not sufficient for you that the Torah is in your hands and the Divine Inspiration \r\ncomes to you, O Moses? Verily, I have a knowledge that you ought not learn, and you have a \r\nknowledge which I ought not learn.' At that time a bird took with its beak (some water) from the sea: \r\nAl-Khadir then said, 'By Allah, my knowledge and your knowledge besides Allah's Knowledge is like \r\nwhat this bird has taken with its beak from the sea.' Until, when they went on board the boat (18.71). \r\nThey found a small boat which used to carry the people from this sea-side to the other sea-side. The \r\ncrew recognized Al-Khadir and said, 'The pious slave of Allah.' (We said to Sa`id \"Was that Khadir?\" \r\nHe said, \"Yes.\") The boat men said, 'We will not get him on board with fare.' Al-Khadir scuttled the \r\nboat and then plugged the hole with a piece of wood. \r\nMoses said, 'Have you scuttled it in order to drown these people surely, you have done a dreadful thing. \r\n(18.71) (Mujahid said. \"Moses said so protestingly.\") Al-Khadir said, didn't I say that you can have no \r\npatience with me?' (18.72) The first inquiry of Moses was done because of forgetfulness, the second \r\ncaused him to be bound with a stipulation, and the third was done intentionally. Moses said, 'Call \r\nme not to account for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you).' (18.73) \r\n(Then) they found a boy and Al-Khadir killed him. Ya`la- said: Sa`id said 'They found boys playing \r\nand Al-Khadir got hold of a handsome infidel boy laid him down and then slew him with knife. Moses \r\nsaid, 'Have you killed a innocent soul who has killed nobody' (18.74) Then they proceeded and found \r\na wall which was on the point of falling down, and Al-Khadir set it up straight. Sa`id moved his hand \r\nthus and said 'Al-Khadir raised his hand and the wall became straight. Ya`la said, 'I think Sa`id said, \r\n'Al-Khadir touched the wall with his hand and it became straight (Moses said to Al-Khadir), 'If you \r\nhad wished, you could have taken wages for it.' Sa`id said, 'Wages that we might had eaten.' And there \r\nwas a king in furor (ahead) of them\" (18.79) And there was in front of them. Ibn `Abbas recited: 'In \r\nfront of them (was) a king.' \r\nIt is said on the authority of somebody other than Sa`id that the king was Hudad bin Budad. They say \r\nthat the boy was called Haisur. 'A king who seized every ship by force. (18.79) So I wished that if that \r\nboat passed by him, he would leave it because of its defect and when they have passed they would \r\nrepair it and get benefit from it. Some people said that they closed that hole with a bottle, and some \r\nsaid with tar. 'His parents were believers, and he (the boy) was a non-believer and we (Khadir) feared \r\nlest he would oppress them by obstinate rebellion and disbelief.' (18.80) (i.e. that their love for him \r\nwould urge them to follow him in his religion, 'so we (Khadir) desired that their Lord should change \r\nhim for them for one better in righteousness and near to mercy' (18:81). This was in reply to Moses' \r\nsaying: Have you killed an innocent soul.'? (18.74). 'Near to mercy\" means they will be more merciful \r\nto him than they were to the former whom Khadir had killed. Other than Sa`id, said that they were \r\ncompensated with a girl. Dawud bin Abi `Asim said on the authority of more than one that this next \r\nchild was a girl.","english_grade":"Sahih","last_updated":null,"xrefs":""}