Hadiths About Prophet Moses and Prophet Aaron

Hadiths about the Prophet Moses and Prophet Aaron: Two brothers ın the chaın of prophethood.

According to Ibn ʿAbbas (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “On the night of my night journey I passed by Moses, son of ʿImran. He was a man light brown in complexion, tall. He had curly hair. He looked like one of the men of the Shanuʾa...” (Muslim, al-Iman, 267)

According to Ibn ʿAbbas (ra), the Prophet (saw) came to Medina and saw the Jews fasting on the day of ʿAshuraʾ. The Prophet (saw) asked them about that. They replied, “This is a good day, the day on which Allah rescued the Israelites from their enemy. So, Moses fasted on this day.” The Prophet (saw) said, “We have more claim over Moses than you.” So, the Prophet (saw) fasted on that day and ordered the Muslims to fast on that day (Muslim; al-Siyam, 128; al-Bukhari, al-Sawm,69)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Indeed, Moses was a shy man.” (al-Bukhari, Tafsir, (al-Ahzab), 11)

ʿAbd Allah b. Masʿud (ra) reported, “When the Prophet (saw) was distributing the war booty from Hunayn, a man from the Ansar said, ‘He (the Prophet), did not intend to please Allah in this distribution.’ So I went to the Prophet (saw) and informed him of that (statement) whereupon the color of his face changed and he said, ‘May Allah bestow His Mercy on Moses, for he was troubled with more than this, but he remained patient.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Maghazi 57)

Ibn ʿAbbas (ra) reported, “the Prophet (saw) once came out to us and said, ‘Some nations were displayed before me. A prophet would pass in front of me with one man, and another with two men, and another with a group of people. and another with nobody with him. Then I saw a great crowd covering the horizon and I wished that they were my followers, but it was said to me, “This is Moses and his followers.”’”  (al-Bukhari, al-Tibb, 42)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths