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(14). 3144. Ṣaṣwān bin 'Assāl Al-Murāḏī said: "A Jew said to his companion: 'Accompany us to this Prophet.' So his companion said: 'Do not say: "Prophet," for if he hears you calling him a Prophet then he will be happy.' So they went to the Prophet ﷺ to question him about Allāh, the Most High, saying: And indeed we gave Mūsā nine clear signs.[1] So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to them: 'Do not associate anything with Allāh, nor commit unlawful intercourse, nor take a life which Allāh has made prohibited, except for what is required (in the law), nor steal, nor practise magic, nor hasten to damage the reputation of an innocent person in front of a ruler, so that he will be killed, nor consume Ribā, nor falsely accuse the chaste woman, nor turn to flee on the day of the march (i.e. flee from war),' – Shu'bah was in doubt – 'and for you Jews particularly, to not violate the Sabbath.'" He said: "So they kissed his hands and his feet and they said: 'We bear witness that you are a Prophet.' So he said: 'Then what prevents you from accepting Islam?' They said: 'Because Dāwud supplicated to his Lord, that his offspring never be devoid of Prophets, and we feared that if we follow you then the Jews will kill us.'"[2] (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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[1] Al-Isrā' 17:101.
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[2] Similar preceded under no. 2733.
Commentary
Nine clear signs, in this Hadīth mean the nine commandments; they also mean the nine miracles: white hand, Mūsā's staff, years of famine, the failure of the crops, the flood, the locusts, the lice, the frogs and the blood. [Its detail has passed in chapter 'Kissing the hand and the feet' Hadīth no. 2733]
