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[6163] 170 - (2380) It was narrated that Sa'eed bin Jubair said: "I said to Ibn 'Abbâs: 'Nawf Al-Bikâli is saying that Mûsâ ﷺ, the (Prophet) of the Children of Israel is not the same Mûsâ ﷺ, who accompanied Al-Khadr.' He said: 'The enemy of Allâh is lying. I heard Ubayy bin Ka'b say: "I heard the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ say: 'Mûsâ ﷺ, stood up and delivered a speech to the Children of Israel. He was asked: "Which of the people is most knowledgeable?" He said: "I am the most knowledgeable." Allâh was angry with him because he did not attribute knowledge to Him, and Allâh revealed to him: "One of My slaves, at the place where the two seas meet, is more knowledgeable than you." Mûsâ said: "O Lord, how can I meet him?" It was said to him: "Carry a fish in a basket, and where you lose the fish, he will be there." "He set off, accompanied by his servant, who was Yûsha' bin Nûn. Mûsâ ﷺ, carried a fish in a basket. He and his slave set out walking until they came to the rock. Mûsâ ﷺ, and his slave went to sleep, and the fish began to move in the basket until it came out of the basket and fell into the sea. Allâh halted the flow of water until it became like an arch, and it was like a tunnel for the fish, and Mûsâ and his servant were astonished. They set out for the rest of that day and the following night, and the servant of Mûsâ forgot to tell him. The next morning Mûsâ ﷺ, said to his slave: "Bring us our morning meal; truly, we have suffered much fatigue in this, our journey." He had not felt tired until he passed the place where he had been enjoined to stop. He said: "Do you remember when we betook ourselves to the rock? I indeed forgot the fish; none but Shaitân made me forget to remember it. It took its course into the sea in a strange (way)!" Mûsâ said: "That is what we were seeking." "So they retraced their steps until they came to the rock, where they saw a man covered with a garment. Mûsâ greeted him with Salâm and Al-Khaḍr said to him: "How could you have peace (Salâm) in your land?" He said: "I am Mûsâ." He said: "The Mûsâ of the Children of Israel?" He said: "Yes." He said: "You have knowledge from Allâh that Allâh has taught you, and I do not know it, and I have knowledge from Allâh that Allâh has taught me, and you do not know it." Mûsâ ﷺ, said to him: "May I follow you so that you may teach me some of that knowledge which you have been taught by Allâh?" He said: "Verily, you will not be able to have patience with me! And how can you have patience about a thing which you know not?" Mûsâ said: "If Allâh wills, you will find me patient, and I will not disobey you at all." Al-Khaḍr said to him: "Then, if you follow me, ask me not about anything till I myself mention of it to you." Mûsâ said: "Yes." So Al-Khaḍr and Mûsâ set out walking along the shore of the sea, and a boat passed by them. They spoke to them, asking them to carry them. They recognized Al-Khaḍr so they carried them for free. Al-Khaḍr went to one of the planks of the boat and pulled it out, and Mûsâ said to him: "These people carried us for free, and you have scuttled their boat so as to drown its people. Verily, you have committed a dreadful thing.” Al-Khaḍr said: “Did I not tell you, that you would not be able to have patience with me?” Mūsâ said: “Call me not to account for what I forgot, and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you).” Then they disembarked from the ship and while they were walking along the shore, they saw a boy playing with other boys. Al-Khaḍr took hold of his head and pulled it off and killed him. Mūsâ said to him: “Have you killed an innocent person who had killed none? Verily, you have committed an evil thing!” Al-Khaḍr said: “Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me?” He said: “This was more grievous than the first.” Mūsâ said: “If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.” “Then they set off until they came to the people of a village, where they asked the people for food but they refused to entertain them. They found therein a wall that was about to collapse, and Al-Khaḍr gestured with his hand and set it straight. Mūsâ said to him: “People to whom we came, and they showed us no hospitality and offered us no food; if you had wished you could have taken wages for it.” Al-Khaḍr said: "This is the parting between me and you, I will tell you the interpretation of (those) things over which you were unable to hold patience." "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'May Allâh have mercy on Mûsâ. Would that he had had patience so that we might have heard more of their story.' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'The first time was due to forgetfulness on Mûsâ's part. A bird came and perched on the edge of the boat and pecked in the water, and Al-Khaḍr said to him: "Your knowledge and my knowledge compared to the knowledge of Allâh are no more than that which this bird takes from the sea." Sa'eed bin Jubair said: "And he used to read: '...There was a king ahead of them who seized every ship by force.' And he used to read: 'As for the boy, he was a disbeliever.'"