Funerals (Al-Janaa'iz)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 1339
رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ. فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَقُلْ لَهُ يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ، فَلَهُ بِكُلِّ مَا غَطَّتْ بِهِ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ سَنَةٌ. قَالَ أَىْ رَبِّ، ثُمَّ مَاذَا قَالَ ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ. قَالَ فَالآنَ. فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ
rabbihi faqāla arsaltanī ilā ʿabdin lā yurīdu al-mawta. faradda-Llāh ʿalayhi ʿaynah waqāla ārjiʿ faqul lah yaḍaʿu yadah ʿalā matni thawrin, falah bikulli mā ghaṭṭat bihi yaduhu bikulli shaʿratin sanatun. qāla ay rabbi, thumma mādhā qāla thumma al-mawtu. qāla fa-l-āna. fasaʾala-Llāh an yudniyah mina al-arḍi al-muqaddasah ramyatan biḥajarin
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Abu Huraira:The angel of death was sent to Moses and when he went to him, Moses slapped him severely, spoiling one of his eyes. The angel went back to his Lord, and said, "You sent me to a slave who does not want to die." Allah restored his eye and said, "Go back and tell him (i.e. Moses) to place his hand over the back of an ox, for he will be allowed to live for a number of years equal to the number of hairs coming under his hand." (So the angel came to him and told him the same). Then Moses asked, "O my Lord! What will be then?" He said, "Death will be then." He said, "(Let it be) now." He asked Allah that He bring him near the Sacred Land at a distance of a stone's throw. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Were I there I would show you the grave of Moses by the way near the red sand hill
Source
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī · 1339
- Agreed upon as authentic (al-Bukhārī / Muslim)