It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) came to his people and ordered them (to pay) zakah, Qarun gathered the people and said to them: "He (Musa (peace be upon him)) came to you with the prayer and other commands, and you bore them all; will you now also bear his taking your wealth from you?" The people said: "We cannot bear to give away our wealth; what is your opinion?" He said: "My opinion is that we send word to an immoral woman of the Children of Israel that she should accuse him (Musa (peace be upon him)) of having tried to seduce her." (After this conspiracy) Musa (peace be upon him) supplicated to Allah against them, and Allah commanded the earth to obey him. Musa (peace be upon him) said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth gripped them up to their ankles. They began to cry out: "O Musa! O Musa! (Save us!)" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth seized them up to their knees. Again they began to cry out: "O Musa! O Musa!" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth pressed them in up to their necks. Again they pleaded: "O Musa! O Musa!" Then he said to the earth: "Seize them," and the earth sank in with them and made them disappear completely. Then Allah Almighty revealed to Musa (peace be upon him): "O Musa! My servants asked you and humbled themselves before you, but you did not answer them. By My Might! Had they called upon Me (instead of you), I would certainly have answered them." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: This is the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "So We caused the earth to swallow him and his home" [Surah al-Qasas: 81] , that is, He sank him, layer upon layer, down to the lowest earth. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.