Sahih Muslim Book - 43, Hadith - 6148

وحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، وَعَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : عَبْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا وقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ، عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُوسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : أُرْسِلَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ، فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ صَكَّهُ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنَهُ ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَقَالَ : أَرْسَلْتَنِي إِلَى عَبْدٍ لاَ يُرِيدُ الْمَوْتَ ، قَالَ فَرَدَّ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ عَيْنَهُ وَقَالَ : ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْ لَهُ : يَضَعُ يَدَهُ عَلَى مَتْنِ ثَوْرٍ ، فَلَهُ ، بِمَا غَطَّتْ يَدُهُ بِكُلِّ شَعْرَةٍ ، سَنَةٌ ، قَالَ : أَيْ رَبِّ ثُمَّ مَهْ ؟ قَالَ : ثُمَّ الْمَوْتُ ، قَالَ : فَالآنَ ، فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُدْنِيَهُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الْمُقَدَّسَةِ رَمْيَةً بِحَجَرٍ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : فَلَوْ كُنْتُ ثَمَّ ، لأَرَيْتُكُمْ قَبْرَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِ الطَّرِيقِ ، تَحْتَ الْكَثِيبِ الأَحْمَرِ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Angel of Death was sent to Musa, and when he came to him he slapped hum and put out his eye. He went back to his Lord and said: ‘You sent me to a slave of Yours who does not want to die.’ Allah restored his eye and said: ‘Go back to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox, and however many hairs his hand covers, he will have one year for each hair.’ He said: ‘O Lord, than what?’ He said: ‘Death.’ He said: ‘Left it be now.’ And he asked Allah to bring him near to the holy land, a stone’s throw from it. And the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: ‘If I were there, I would show you his grave beside the road, beneath the re mound.”’