Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of my hand, then said: Allah Almighty created the soil on Saturday (that is, the earth), and on Sunday He created the mountains in it, and on Monday He created the trees, and on Tuesday He created things of labor (such as iron, etc.), and on Wednesday He created light, and on Thursday He spread the animals in the earth, and Sayyiduna Adam (peace be upon him) was created on Friday after Asr, as the last of the creations, and in the last hours of Friday, from Asr until night.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, "O best of creation!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "That is the rank of Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him)."

Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) circumcised himself with an adze, and at that time he was eighty years old.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: We have more right to doubt than Ibrahim (Abraham) (peace be upon him). When he said: "O my Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." Allah the Exalted said: "Do you not believe?" Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) replied: "Why not? I do believe, but I wish that my heart be satisfied" (that is, to attain the level of 'Ain al-Yaqeen from 'Ilm al-Yaqeen). (Al-Baqarah: 260) And may Allah have mercy on Lut (Lot) (peace be upon him), he sought refuge in a strong and firm thing (that is, a Prophet asks from Allah, while Lut (peace be upon him) was desiring a strong support). And if I were to remain in prison for as long as Sayyiduna Yusuf (Joseph) (peace be upon him) remained, I would have responded immediately to the caller.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) never told a lie except three times (these are called lies in terminology, in reality, they are not lies but a form of equivocation). Two of these lies were for the sake of Allah: one was his saying, "I am sick," and the other was, "The big idol must have broken these idols." The third lie was about Sayyidah Sarah (peace be upon her). Its story is that Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) reached the land of a tyrant king, and with him was his wife Sayyidah Sarah, who was very beautiful. He said to his wife, "If this tyrant king finds out that you are my wife, he will snatch you from me, so if he asks, say that I am his sister, and you are my sister in the bond of Islam." (This too was not really a lie) because in the whole world today, no one except you and me is known to be a Muslim. When Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was passing through his territory (his area), the agents of that tyrant king went to him and reported that a woman has come to your land who is worthy of none but you. He summoned Sayyidah Sarah. When she went, Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) stood up for prayer (began to pray to Allah to protect him from his evil). When Sayyidah Sarah reached that tyrant, he impulsively stretched out his hand towards her, but immediately his hand became paralyzed. He said, "Pray to Allah that my hand may be released; I will not harm you." She prayed, and that accursed man again stretched out his hand, and it became more paralyzed than before. He asked for prayer, so she prayed. Then that accursed man again tried to touch her, and his hand became even more paralyzed than the previous two times. Then he said, "Pray to Allah that my hand may be released; by Allah, I will not harm you now." Sayyidah Sarah prayed again, and his hand was released. Then he called the person who had brought Sayyidah Sarah and said to him, "You have brought a devil-woman to me; she is not a human being. Take her out of my land and hand over a slave-girl, Hajar, to her." Sayyidah Sarah returned with Hajar. When Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace be upon him) saw her, he finished his prayers and asked, "What happened?" Sarah said, "Everything is fine; Allah Almighty protected me from the evil of that wicked man and also gave a slave-girl." Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then this slave-girl, that is, Hajar, is your mother, O children of the rain!

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says that Musa (peace be upon him) was a very modest man; no one had ever seen him naked. Eventually, the Children of Israel began to say that he suffered from a disease (swelling of the testicles). Once, he bathed at a place with water and placed his clothes on a stone, but the stone ran away with them. Musa (peace be upon him) took his staff and followed it, striking it and saying, "O stone! Give me my clothes." The stone stopped where the people of Israel were gathered. And regarding this, the verse was revealed: "O you who believe! Do not be like those who annoyed Musa (peace be upon him) (by slandering him), but Allah cleared him of what they said, and he was honorable in the sight of Allah." __QUR_N__

Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Jubair says: I said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), "Nauf Bakkali says that Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), who was the Prophet of Bani Israel, is someone else, and the Musa who went to Khidr (peace be upon him) is someone else." He said, "The enemy of Allah lies. I heard Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) say, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) stood up to deliver a sermon to his people, Bani Israel. He was asked, 'Who among the people has the most knowledge?' He said, 'I do.' (This statement was disliked by Allah Almighty.) So Allah expressed displeasure with him because he did not say, 'Allah knows best.' Then Allah revealed to him that at the junction of the two seas there is a servant of Mine who is more knowledgeable than you.' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'O Lord! How can I meet him?' It was commanded, 'Put a fish in a basket; wherever that fish is lost, there you will find that servant.' Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) set out with his companion Yusha' bin Nun (peace be upon him), and they placed a fish in a basket. Both of them walked until they reached a rock (a certain place), and Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) and his companion fell asleep. The fish stirred until it came out of the basket and fell into the river, and Allah Almighty stopped the flow of water over it until the water stood still like an arch, and a dry path was made for the fish. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) and his companion were amazed. Then both of them walked for a day and a night, and Musa's companion forgot to tell him about the fish. When morning came, Musa (peace be upon him) said to his companion, 'Bring our breakfast; we have become tired from this journey.' And the fatigue occurred only after they passed the place where they were commanded to go. He said, 'Did you not know that when we rested at the rock, I forgot the fish, and Satan made me forget, and it is amazing that the fish took its way into the sea.' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'That is what we were seeking.' So both of them retraced their footsteps until they reached the rock. There they saw a man covered with a garment. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) greeted him with salam. He said, 'Where is salam in your land?' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'I am Musa.' He said, 'Musa of Bani Israel?' Sayyiduna Musa said, 'Yes.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'Allah has given you knowledge which I do not know, and He has given me knowledge which you do not know.' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'I want to stay with you so that you may teach me the knowledge which you have been given.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'You will not be able to have patience with me, and how can you have patience over that which you do not know?' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'If Allah wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you in any matter.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'Well, if you accompany me, do not ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you.' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'Very well.' So Khidr (peace be upon him) and Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) both walked along the seashore until a boat passed by. Both of them asked the boatmen to take them aboard. They recognized Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) and took both of them on board without fare. Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) pulled out a plank from the boat. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'These people took us on board without fare, and you have damaged their boat to drown its owners? You have done a grave thing.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to have patience with me?' Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'Do not call me to account for my forgetfulness, and do not be hard on me.' Then both of them disembarked from the boat and walked along the seashore until they met a boy who was playing with other boys. Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) seized his head and killed him. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'You have killed an innocent soul without right; you have done a terrible thing.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to have patience with me?' And this deed was even more severe than the previous one. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'If I object to anything after this, then do not keep me with you; indeed, you will have a valid excuse.' Then both of them walked until they reached a town. They asked the townspeople for food, but they refused. Then they found a wall that was about to collapse and was leaning. Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) set it straight with his own hands. Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said, 'We asked these townspeople for food, and they refused and did not feed us. (Was it necessary to work for such people for free?) If you wished, you could have taken wages for it.' Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'This is the parting between me and you. Now I will tell you the meaning of those things over which you could not have patience.' The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, 'May Allah have mercy on Musa (peace be upon him). I wish he had been patient so that we could have learned more about their story.' And he (peace be upon him) said, 'The first thing Musa (peace be upon him) did was out of forgetfulness.' Then a bird came and sat on the edge of the boat and dipped its beak into the sea. Sayyiduna Khidr (peace be upon him) said, 'I and you have learned from the knowledge of Allah only as much as this bird has reduced the water of the sea.' Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Jubair said that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) used to recite: 'Ahead of those boatmen was a king who would seize every sound boat by force without right,' and he used to recite: 'That boy was a disbeliever.' (By these last two sentences is meant that the verses of the Holy Qur'an are not exactly like this, but Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) used to recite them in this way as a form of explanation.)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a Jew was selling some goods. He was offered a price, but he was not satisfied or he disliked it, so he said, "No, by Him who chose Musa (Moses), peace be upon him, above mankind." An Ansari heard these words and slapped him on the face and said, "You say that Musa (peace be upon him) was chosen above mankind while the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is present among us?" The Jew went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained, "O Messenger of Allah! I am a protected non-Muslim (dhimmi) and under your protection, yet so-and-so has slapped me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked that person, "Why did you slap him?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah! He said, 'By Him who chose Musa (peace be upon him) above all mankind,' while you are present among us (and your rank is higher than that of Musa, peace be upon him, so I struck him)." Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry, so much so that his anger was visible on his blessed face. Then he said, "Do not give superiority to one Prophet over another (in such a way that it diminishes the status of another Prophet), for on the Day of Resurrection, when the trumpet will be blown, everyone in the heavens and the earth will fall unconscious except those whom Allah wills (they will not fall unconscious). Then it will be blown a second time, and I will be the first to rise, and I will see Musa (peace be upon him) holding onto the Throne. I do not know whether he was exempted from falling unconscious because he had already fallen unconscious at Mount Tur, or whether he will regain consciousness before me. And I do not say that any Prophet is superior to Yunus bin Matta (peace be upon him)."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The Angel of Death (Azra’il, peace be upon him) came to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) and said,“O Musa! Respond to the call of your Lord (i.e., your time of death has come).”So Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) struck him on the eye, causing his eye to burst. The angel returned to Allah Almighty and said,“O Lord! You have sent me to a servant who does not want to die; he has put out my eye.”Allah Almighty restored his eye and said,“Go back to My servant and say: If you wish to live, place your hand on the back of an ox, and for every hair your hand covers, you will live one year.”Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) asked,“O Lord! What will happen after that?”Allah said,“Then death will come.”Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) said,“Then it is better to die now. O my Lord, grant me death at a distance of a stone’s throw from the Sacred Land.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Allah, if I were there, I would show you the grave of Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him), which is by the side of the road near a red sand hill.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: On the night of Mi'raj, I passed by Musa (peace be upon him) and saw him near the red mound, standing in his grave and performing prayer.