It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Angel of Death used to come to people in visible form (openly). He came to Musa bin Imran (peace be upon him), and Musa (peace be upon him) slapped him and knocked out his eye. The Angel of Death ascended back (to the heavens) and said: O my Lord! Your servant Musa has treated me in such and such a way; were it not for his rank and standing with You, I would have been harsh with him. Allah Almighty said: Go to My servant Musa and give him the choice: either he places his hand on the back of an ox, and for every hair his hand covers he will be given a year of life, or he accepts death now. The angel came to him and gave him this choice. Musa (peace be upon him) asked: Then what will come after that? The angel said: Death. Musa (peace be upon him) said: Then now (let death come). So the angel smelled him once and took his soul, and Allah Almighty restored the eyesight of the Angel of Death, and after that he began to come to people in a hidden way." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. An account of the death of Harun bin Imran (peace be upon him); indeed he passed away before Musa (peace be upon him).