Moses’ Suffering in his life
Moses (pbuh) suffered terribly from his people and endured much for the sake of Allah.
Abdullah Ibn Umar narrated:
“Once the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) distributed something (among his companions). A man said: “This distribution has not been done (with justice) seeking Allah’s Countenance.
I went to the Prophet (pbuh) and told him of that.
He became so angry that I saw the signs of anger on his face.
Then he said: ‘May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses, for he was harmed more (in a worse manner) than this; yet he endured patiently.'” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)
The children of Israel mistreated Moses (pbuh) a lot. His agony was not limited to mutiny,
stupidity, chattering, ignorance, and idolatry; it exceeded this and went as far as inflicting personal
harm on him.
Almighty Allah commanded:
“O you who believe! Be not like those who annoyed Moses, but Allah cleared him of that which
they alleged, and he was honorable in Allah’s sight! (Ch 33:69 Quran).
Allah Clears Moses of False Rumors
Abu Hurairah narrated that Allah’s Messenger Muhammad (pbuh) said:
“Prophet Moses was a shy person and used to cover his body completely because of his extensive shyness.
One of the children of Israel hurt him by saying: ‘He covers his body in this way only because of some defect in his skin, either leprosy or scrotal hernia, or he has some other defect.’
Allah wished to clear Moses of what they said about him, so one day while Moses was in
seclusion, he took his clothes and put them on a s tone and started taking a bath.
When he had finished the bath, he moved towards his clothes so as to take them, but the stone took his clothes and fled.
Moses picked up his stick and ran after the stone saying: ‘O stone! Give me my garment!’
till he reached a group of children of Israel who saw him naked then, and found him in the best
shape of what Allah had created, and Allah cleared him of what they had accused him of The
stone stopped there, and Moses took and put on his garment and started hitting the stone with his
stick.
By Allah, the stone still has some traces of the hitting, three, four, or five marks.
This was what Allah the Almighty refers to in His saying:
“O you who believe! Be not like those who annoyed Moses, but Allah cleared him of that which
they alleged, and he was honorable in Allah’s sight!” (Ch 33:69 Quran)
(Sahih Al-Bukhari)
The Death of Aaron
Aaron (pbuh) died shortly before Moses (pbuh). His people were still wandering in the wilderness
when he died.
The Death of Moses
Abu Hurairah narrated:
“The Angel of Death was sent to Moses (pbuh). When he came to Moses,
Moses slapped him on the eye.
The Angel returned to his Lord and said:
‘You have sent me to a slave who does not want to die.’ Allah said: ‘Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that will come under it, he will be granted one year of life.’
Moses said:
‘O Lord! What will happen after that?’ Allah replied: ‘then death.’
Moses said:
‘Let it come now!’ Moses then requested Allah to let him die close to the Holy Land so that he would be at a distance of a stone’s throw from it.”
Abu Hurairah added: “Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) said: ‘If I
were there, I would show you his grave below the red sandhill on the side of the road.'”
(Sahih Al Bukhari)
Moses (pbuh), Prophet of Allah and the one to whom Allah spoke to directly, met his death with a
contented soul and a faithful heart that looked forward to righteousness and made haste to meet
with Him Who bore tidings of peace.
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