[Machine] I stayed in the city with Abu Huraira for a year. One day, while we were at Aisha's chamber, he said to me, "I have seen us with nothing to wear except worn-out cloths. And sometimes, one of us would go without food for days, to the point that one of us would take a stone and tie it to his belly with a cloth to alleviate his hunger. One day, the Messenger of Allah came to us with dates and each one of us received seven dates that had some residue on them. I was disappointed because I did not have a good date. He asked me why I was disappointed, and I said, 'Why wouldn't I be disappointed?' He replied, 'Give me your dates from your mouth.' Then he asked me, 'Where do you come from?' and I answered, 'I come from Ash-Sham.' He asked me, 'Have you seen the Stone of Musa?' I said, 'What is the Stone of Musa?' He said, 'The Children of Israel said a certain combination of words to Musa and they concealed it under his clothes in the memories of their minds. So, he placed his clothes on a rock while he was bathing, and suddenly, his clothes took off and started running. He followed them while saying, 'O stone! Return my clothes, o stone! Return my clothes!' Until they took him to the Children of Israel, who saw him in a splendid and handsome appearance, and they loved him. They gave him three dates, and by the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Abu Huraira! If I had the chance to watch, I would have seen the dates of Musa in it."  

أَقَمْتُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَعَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ سَنَةً فَقَالَ لِي ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَنَحْنُعِنْدَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا وَمَا لَنَا ثِيَابٌ إِلَّا الْبِرَادُ الْمُتَفَتِّقَةُ وَإِنَّهُ لَيَأْتِي عَلَى أَحَدِنَا الْأَيَّامُ مَا يَجِدُ طَعَامًا يُقِيمُ بِهِ صُلْبَهُ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُنَا لَيَأْخُذُ الْحَجَرَ فَيَشُدُّهُ عَلَى أَخْمَصِ بَطْنِهِ ثُمَّ يَشُدُّهُ بِثَوْبِهِ لِيُقِيمَ بِهِ صُلْبَهُ فَقَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بَيْنَنَا تَمْرًا فَأَصَابَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنَّا سَبْعَ تَمَرَاتٍ فِيهِنَّ حَشَفَةٌ فَمَا سَرَّنِي أَنَّ لِي مَكَانَهَا تَمْرَةً جَيِّدَةً قَالَ قُلْتُ لِمَ؟ قَالَ تَشُدُّ لِي مِنْ مَضْغِيقَالَ فَقَالَ لِي مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتَ؟ قُلْتُ مِنَ الشَّامِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي هَلْ رَأَيْتَ حَجَرَ مُوسَى؟ قُلْتُ وَمَا حَجَرُ مُوسَى؟ قَالَ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ قَالُوا لِمُوسَى قَوْلًا تَحْتَ ثِيَابِهِ فِي مَذَاكِيرِهِ قَالَ فَوَضَعَ ثِيَابَهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ وَهُوَ يَغْتَسِلُ قَالَ فَسَعَتْ بِثِيَابِهِ قَالَ فَتَبِعَهَا فِي أَثَرِهَا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا حَجَرُ أَلْقِ ثِيَابِي يَا حَجَرُ أَلْقِ ثِيَابِي حَتَّى أَتَتْ بِهِ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَرَأَوْهُ سَوِيًّا حَسَنَ الْخَلْقِ فَلَحَبَهُ ثَلَاثَ لَحَبَاتٍ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كُنْتُنَظَرْتُ لَرَأَيْتُ لَحَبَاتِ مُوسَى فِيهِ