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80. It was narrated that 'Amr bin Dinâr heard Tawus say: "I heard Abu Hurairah narrating that the Prophet ﷺ said: 'Âdam and Musa debated, and Musa said to him: "O Âdam, you are our father but have deprived us and caused us to be expelled from Paradise because of your sin." Âdam said to him: "O Musa, Allâh chose you to speak with and He wrote the Tawrâh for you with His own Hand. Are you blaming me for something which Allâh decreed for me forty years before He created me?" Thus Âdam won the argument with Musa, thus Âdam won the argument with Musa, thus Âdam won the argument with Musa.'" (Sahih)
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Commentary
a. Musa ﷺ did not mean to put Âdam ﷺ on the dock as to why he committed the mistake, because Allâh had already condoned it. The Qur'an accordingly says: "Then his Lord chose him, and turned to him with forgiveness, and gave him guidance. (20:122)
He only meant to say that because of him, the human race had to suffer all those worldly trials and tribulations. Âdam ﷺ replied by saying that those trials had already been divinely decreed a long long time ago.
b. The Prophet ﷺ thrice repeated the words: "Thus Âdam won the argument with Musa." The repetition was meant to drive home the idea that what Âdam ﷺ did was nothing but the implementation of Allâh's decree and will.
