Sahih al-Bukhari 3401

It is relate that Sa'id ibn Jubayr said, "I said to Ibn 'Abbas, "Nawf al-Bikali claims that Musa, the companion of al-Khidr was not Musa of the tribe of Israel, but was another Musa.' He said, 'The enemy of Allah has lied! Ubayy ibn Ka'b related to me from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Musa was speaking among the tribe of Israel when he was asked, 'Which person has the most knowledge.' He said, 'I do.' Allah rebuked him because he did not ascribe knowledge to Him. He said to him, 'Yes there is - a slave of Mine at the meeting of the two seas knows more than you.' He said, 'O Lord! Who will let me see him?' (Sufyan said, 'O Lord, how can I meet him?' He said, 'Take a fish and put it in a basket. When you lose the fish, he will be there. (He might have said, 'He will be at that place.') So he took a fish and put it in a basket and then went with his servant, Yusha' ibn Nun, until they came to the rock and laid down their heads. Musa slept, and the fish moved and came out and fell into the sea, 'and found its way into the sea in an amazing way.' Allah keep the water from flowing over the fish and it became like an arch. (He said, 'An arch like this.') They continued to walk for the rest of the night and the following day until in the morning he said to his boy, 'Bring us our morning meal. This journey of ours has made us very tired.' Musa did not fell tired until he has gone beyond the place that Allah had commanded. His boy said to him, 'Do you see what has happened? When we went to find shelter at the rock, I forgot the fish. No one made me forget to remember it except Shaytan. It found its way into the sea in an amazing way.' So the fish had taken a course which had amazed them. Musa said to him, "This is the very thing that we were looking for!" So, following their footsteps, they retraced their route' until they reached the rock. There was a man covered in a garment. Musa greeted him and he returned the greeting and said, 'How is the greeting in your land?' He said, 'I am Musa.' He said, 'Musa of the tribe of Israel?' He replied, 'Yes, I have come to you so that you might teach me some of the right guidance which you have been taught.' He said, 'O Musa, I have a knowledge from the knowledge of Allah which He has taught me and you do not know, and you have a knowledge from the Allah of Allah which He has taught you and I do not know,' He asked, 'May I follow you?' He said, 'You will not be able to bear with me. How indeed could you bear patiently something you have not encompassed in your knowledge?' Musa said, 'You will find me patient, if Allah wills, and I will not disobey you in any matter.' "''They continued to walk along the seacoast and they passed by a ship. They asked them to carry them and they recognised al-Khidr and carried them for free. When they had embarked in the ship, a sparrow came and alighted on the edge of the ship and dipped its beck into the sea once or twice. Al-Khidr said to Musa, 'O Musa, my knowledge and your knowledge have only decreased the knowledge of Allah the like of what this sparrow has decreased the sea with its beck.' Then he took an axe and removed a plank.'" He said, "Musa did not notice until he had pulled up the plank with the adze. Musa said to him, 'What have you done? Some people carry us for free and you stave it in so that its owners will be drowned? It is truly a dreadful thing that you have done! He said, 'Did I not say that you would not be able to bear with me?' He said, 'Do not take me to task because I forgot. Do not demand of me something too difficult.' So the first was due to forgetfulness on the part of Musa. "'"When they left the sea, they passed by a boy who was playing with the children. Al-Khidr grabbed his head and plucked it with his hand like this. (Sufyan made a gesture with the fingers of his hand as if he were plucking something.) Musa said to him, 'Have you killed a boy who has done no wrong, without it being in retaliation for someone else? It is truly an appalling thing that you have done!' He answered, 'Did I not say to you that you would not be able to bear with me?' He said, 'If I ask you about anything after this, then you should no longer keep me company. You will have had excuse enough from me.' So they continued until they reached the inhabitants of a town. They asked them for food but they refused them hospitality. They found a wall there about to fall down." He made a gesture with his hand like this. (Sufyan indicated that he touched his something upwards, and I only heard Sufayn mention 'about to fall' once.) He said, 'We come to some people who do not feed us or give us hospitality, and you deliberately go to their wall. 'If you had wanted, you could have taken a wage for that!' He answered, 'This is the parting of the ways between me and you. I will let you know the explanation of those things about which you were not able to be patient.'" "'The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "We wished that Musa had been patient, so that Allah would have told us about them."'" Sufyan said that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "May Allah have mercy on Musa! If he had been patient, Allah would have told us about their business." Ibn 'Abbas recited, "A king who behind them commandeering every sound boat by force," and "As for the youth, he was a rejector and his parents were believers." Sufyan said, "I heard it twice from him and memorised it from him." Sufyan was asked, "You memorised it before you heard it from 'Amr or did you memorise it from some person?" He said, 'From whom would I memeorise it Someone other than me related it from 'Amr. I heard it from him two or three times, and I memorised it from him."