Sahih al-Bukhari 3267 (Book 60, Hadith 80)
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 Sacred Land so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone’s throw from it.” Abu
Huraira added, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, ‘If I were there, I would show you his grave below the red sand
hill on the side of the road.”
“ لَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ ”. قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3267 (Book 60, Hadith 80)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The compilation known as Sahih al-Bukhari is a paramount collection of the Sunnah and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad. Its creator, Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī, dedicated his life to this work, completing it around 847. It holds a position of immense respect as arguably the most authentic book in Sunni Islam after the Holy Quran. As a key pillar of the six canonical books (Kutub al-Sittah), its detailed 97-chapter structure houses an estimated 7,563 narrations that continue to shape Islamic theology, law, and ethics to this day.
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For more Hadith in Book 60: Prophets