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2091. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The angel of death was sent to Mūsā, peace be upon him, and when he came to him, he slapped him and put his eye out. He went back to his Lord and said: 'You sent me to a slave who does not want death.' Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime, restored his eye and said: 'Go back to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of a bull, and for every hair that his hand covers he will have one year.' He said: 'O Lord, then what?' He
said: 'Death.' He said: 'Let me go now.' And he (Mûsâ) asked his Lord to bring him within a stone's throw of the Holy Land, the distance of a stone's throw. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'If I were there, I would show you his grave, beside the road beneath a red dune.'" (Sahîh)
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"Bring him within a stone's throw of the Holy Land": this demonstrates that to wish to be buried in sacred land is adequate, because the vicinity or the neighborhood has its own effects. Abû Bakr As-Siddiq, 'Umar Al-Farûq and 'Aîshah (May Allâh be pleased with them) preferred to be buried in the vicinity of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. They sought permission for the fulfillment of this desire.
