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 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, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'If I were there, I would show you his grave below the red sand hill on the side of the road."  

أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعَرَةٍ سَنَةٌ قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالآنَ قَالَ فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ  

You sent me to a servant. who did not want to die. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight), and then said: Go back to him and tell him that if he wants life he must place his hand on the back of an ox, and he would be granted as many years of life as the number of hair covered by his hand. He (Moses) said: My Lord what would happen then He said: Then you must court death. He said: Let it be now. And he supplicated Allah to bring him close to the sacred land. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were there, I would have shown you his grave beside the road at the red mound.  

أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالآنَ فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ  

Respond (to the call) of Allah (i. e. be prepared for death). Moses (peace be upon him) gave a blow at the eye of the Angel of Death and knocked it out. The Angel went back to Allah (the Exalted) and said: You sent me to your servant who does not like to die and he knocked out my eye. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight) and said: Go to My servant and say: Do you want life? And in case you want life, keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live such number of years as the (number of) hair your hand covers. He (Moses) said: What, then? He said: Then you would die, whereupon he (Moses) said: Then why not now? (He then prayed): Allah, cause me to die close to the sacred land. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Had I been near that place I would have shown his grave by the side of the path at the red mound.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَاءَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجِبْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَلَطَمَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ عَيْنَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ فَفَقَأَهَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ الْمَلَكُ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَكَ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ فَقَأَ عَيْنِي قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى عَبْدِي فَقُلِ الْحَيَاةَ تُرِيدُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَمَا تَوَارَتْ يَدُكَ مِنْ شَعْرَةٍ فَإِنَّكَ تَعِيشُ بِهَا سَنَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَمُوتُ قَالَ فَالآنَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ رَبِّ أَمِتْنِي مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَنِّي عِنْدَهُ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ  

"The angel of death was sent to Musa. Peace be upon him, and when he came to him, he slapped him and put his eye out he went back to his Lord and said: 'Go back to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of a bull, and of every hair that his hand covers he will have one year.' He said: 'O Lord, then what?' He said; 'Death.' He said: 'Let me go now.' And he (Musa) asked his Lord to bring him within a stone's throw of the Holy Land, the distance of a stone's throw. The Messenger of Allah said: 'If I where there, I would show you his grave, beside the road beneath a red dune."'  

أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ ﷻ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ مَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَهْ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالآنَ فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ ﷻ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ  

You sent me to a servant. who did not want to die. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight), and then said: Go back to him and tell him that if he wants life he must place his hand on the back of an ox, and he would be granted as many years of life as the number of hair covered by his hand. He (Moses) said: My Lord what would happen then He said: Then you must court death. He said: Let it be now. And he supplicated Allah to bring him close to the sacred land. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were there, I would have shown you his grave beside the road at the red mound. (Using translation from Muslim 2372a)  

أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ ﷻ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللهُ ﷻ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَهُ بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ فَقَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ فَسَأَلَ اللهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ  

Respond (to the call) of Allah (i. e. be prepared for death). Moses (peace be upon him) gave a blow at the eye of the Angel of Death and knocked it out. The Angel went back to Allah (the Exalted) and said: You sent me to your servant who does not like to die and he knocked out my eye. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight) and said: Go to My servant and say: Do you want life? And in case you want life, keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live such number of years as the (number of) hair your hand covers. He (Moses) said: What, then? He said: Then you would die, whereupon he (Moses) said: Then why not now? (He then prayed): Allah, cause me to die close to the sacred land. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Had I been near that place I would have shown his grave by the side of the path at the red mound. (Using translation from Muslim 2372b)  

وَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجِبْ رَبَّكَ قَالَ فَلَطَمَ مُوسَى عَيْنَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ فَفَقَأَهَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ الْمَلَكُ إِلَى اللهِ ﷻ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَكَ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ فَقَأَ عَيْنِي قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللهُ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى عَبْدِي فَقُلْ الْحَيَاةَ تُرِيدُ؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَمَا تَوَارَتْ بِيَدِكَ مِنْ شَعْرَةٍ فَإِنَّكَ تَعِيشُ بِهَا سَنَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ تَمُوتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ قَالَ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنَ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةًبِحَجَرٍ قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَوْ أَنِّي عِنْدَهُ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ  

You sent me to a servant. who did not want to die. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight), and then said: Go back to him and tell him that if he wants life he must place his hand on the back of an ox, and he would be granted as many years of life as the number of hair covered by his hand. He (Moses) said: My Lord what would happen then He said: Then you must court death. He said: Let it be now. And he supplicated Allah to bring him close to the sacred land. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If I were there, I would have shown you his grave beside the road at the red mound. (Using translation from Muslim 2372a)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى لِيَقْبِضَ رُوحَهُ فَلَطَمَهُ مُوسَى فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ قَالَ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَلَكَ بِكُلِّ مَا غَطَّتْ يَدُكَ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فَسَأَلَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةَ حَجَرٍ» فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّتَ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ مَوْضِعَ قَبْرِهِ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطُّورِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ» قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ وَأَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ الْحَسَنَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِثْلَهُ  

Respond (to the call) of Allah (i. e. be prepared for death). Moses (peace be upon him) gave a blow at the eye of the Angel of Death and knocked it out. The Angel went back to Allah (the Exalted) and said: You sent me to your servant who does not like to die and he knocked out my eye. Allah restored his eye to its proper place (and revived his eyesight) and said: Go to My servant and say: Do you want life? And in case you want life, keep your hand on the body of the ox and you would live such number of years as the (number of) hair your hand covers. He (Moses) said: What, then? He said: Then you would die, whereupon he (Moses) said: Then why not now? (He then prayed): Allah, cause me to die close to the sacred land. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Had I been near that place I would have shown his grave by the side of the path at the red mound. (Using translation from Muslim 2372b)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «جَاءَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى لِيَقْبِضَ رُوحَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَجِبْ رَبَّكَ فَلَطَمَ مُوسَى عَيْنَ مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَرَجَعَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لَا يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ وَقَدْ فَقَأَ عَيْنِي فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْ لَهُ الْحَيَاةَ تُرِيدُ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ فَضَعْ يَدَكَ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ فَإِنَّكَ تَعِيشُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ وَارَتْ يَدُكَ سَنَةً قَالَ ثُمَّ مَهْ؟ قَالَ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ فَالْآنَ مِنْ قَرِيبٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَبِّ أَدْنِنِي مِنَ الْأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَنِّي عِنْدَهُ لَأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ الطَّرِيقِ عِنْدَ الْكَثِيبِ الْأَحْمَرِ»  

The angel of death was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling one of his eyes. The angel went back to his Lord, and said, "You sent me to a slave who does not want to die." Allah restored his eye and said, "Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place his hand over the back of an ox, for he will be allowed to live for a number of years equal to the number of hairs coming under his hand." (So the angel came to him and told him the same). Then Moses asked, "O my Lord! What will be then?" He said, "Death will be then." He said, "(Let it be) now." He asked Allah that He bring him near the Sacred Land at a distance of a stone's throw. Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Were I there I would show you the grave of Moses by the way near the red sand hill." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1339)   

"أرسِلَ مَلَكُ الموْتِ إلى مُوسى، فلمَا جاءَه صَكُّهُ فَفقأ عينَه، فرجَعَ إلى ربِّهِ، فقال: أرسَلتَنِى إلَى عبدٍ لا يُرِيدُ الموْتَ، فردَّ اللهُ إليهِ عينَه، وقال: ارجع إليه وقُل لَهُ: يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثُوْرٍ فَلَه بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُه بِكُلِّ شَعرَة حَسَنَةُ، قال: أي ربِّ! ثُمَّ مَاذَا؟ قال: ثُمَّ الموْتُ: قال: فالآنَ، فَسَأل الله أنْ يدنيهُ، مِنَ الأرضِ المُقدَّسةِ رَميَةً بحجرٍ ، فَلَوْ كْنْتُ ثَمَّ لأرَيتُكُم قَبْرَهُ إِلى جانبِ الطريقِ تَحتَ الكثيب الأحمرِ".  

"جاءَ ملك الموتِ إِلى موسَى فقال: أَجبْ ربك، فلطمَ مُوسَى عين

ملكِ الموتِ ففقأَها، فرجعَ الْمَلكُ إِلى اللَّه فقال: إِنَّك أرسلتنِى إِلى عبدٍ لك لا يُريدُ الموت، وقدْ فقأَ عينى، فرَدَّ إِلْيهِ عينهُ وقال: ارجع إِلى عبدِى فقل: الحياه تريدُ؟ فإِن كنت تريدُ الحياةَ فضع يَدَك علَى متن ثوْرٍ فما توارت بيدِك مِن شعْرة فإنكٌ تعيشُ بها سنةً. قال: ثُمَّ مه؟ قال: ثُم الموت قال: فالآن من قريبٍ، قال: رَبِّ أَدْنِنِى مِن الأَرضِ المقدسةِ رميةً بحجرٍ واللَّه لو أَنِّى عِندهَ لأَريتكُمُ قبرهَ إِلى جنب الطريق عند الكثِيب الأَحمر".