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(24). 3221. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Verily Mūsā, peace be upon him, was a shy and modest man, who would never show anything of his skin out of modesty. Some of the Children of Isrā'īl annoyed him by saying: 'He only keeps himself covered because of some defect in his skin, either leprosy, a scrotal hernia or some other defect.' Allāh [the Mighty and Sublime] wanted to free Mūsā from what they were saying about him. One day Mūsā, [peace be upon him,] was alone. He took off his garment, and put it on a rock, then he took a bath. When he had finished, he turned back to pick up his garment, but the rock moved away, taking his garment with it. Mūsā picked up his staff, and chased the rock saying: 'My garment, O you rock! My garment, O you rock!' Until he reached a group of the Children of Isrā'īl who saw him naked, and discovered that he was the best of those whom Allāh had created." He said: "The rock stood still, he took his garment and put it on. He started striking the rock with his staff, and by Allāh, the marks of that beating were left on the rock; three, four, or five. This is what is referred to in the Āyah: 'O you who believe! Be not like those who annoyed Mūsā, but Allāh freed him from what they had alleged, and he was honorable before Allāh.'"[1] (Ṣāḥih) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Ḥadīth is Ḥasan Ṣāḥih, it has been reported through other routes from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ. [And there is something about it from Anas from the Prophet ﷺ].