٢ - حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي السكري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن زكريا البصري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عمارة، عن أبيه، قال: قلت للصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام): أخبرني بوفاة موسى بن عمران (عليه السلام): فقال إنه لما أتاه أجله واستوفى مدته وانقطع أكله، أتاه ملك الموت، فقال له: السلام عليك يا كليم الله. فقال موسى: وعليك السلام، من أنت؟ فقال: أنا ملك الموت: قال: ما الذي جاء بك؟ قال: جئت لاقبض روحك: فقال له موسى (عليه السلام): من أين تقبض روحي؟ قال: من فمك، قال له موسى (عليه السلام) كيف وقد كلمت به ربي جل جلاله! قال: فمن يديك. قال: كيف وقد حملت بهما التوراة! قال: فمن رجليك. قال: كيف وقد وطئت بهما طور سيناء! قال: فمن عينيك؟ قال: كيف ولم تزل إلى ربي بالرجاء ممدودة! قال: فمن أذنيك. قال: كيف وقد سمعت بهما كلام ربي عز وجل! قال: فأوحى الله تبارك وتعالى إلى ملك الموت: لا تقبض روحه حتى يكون هو الذي يريد ذلك. وخرج ملك الموت، فمكث موسى (عليه السلام) ما شاء الله أن يمكث بعد ذلك، ودعا يوشع بن نون، فأوصى إليه وأمره بكتمان أمره، وبأن يوصي بعده إلى من يقوم بالامر، وغاب موسى (عليه السلام) عن قومه، فمر في غيبته برجل وهو يحفر قبرا، فقال له: ألا أعينك على حفر هذا القبر؟ فقال له الرجل: بلى. فأعانه حتى حفر القبر وسوى اللحد، ثم اضطجع فيه موسى بن عمران (عليه السلام)، لينظر كيف هو، فكشف له عن الغطاء، فرأى مكانه من الجنة، فقال: يا رب، اقبضني إليك. فقبض ملك الموت روحه مكانه، ودفنه في القبر، وسوى عليه التراب، وكان الذي يحفر القبر ملكا في صورة آدمي، وكان ذلك في التيه (٢)، فصاح صائح من السماء: مات موسى كليم الله، فأي نفس لا تموت؟   فحدثني أبي، عن جدي، عن أبيه (عليهم السلام)، أن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) سئل عن قبر موسى بن عمران (عليه السلام) أين هو؟ فقال: هو عند الطريق الاعظم، عند الكثيب الاحمر (١).
Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. `Ali al-Sikri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Basri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ammara narrated to us from his father.  He said: I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad : Inform me of the passing of Musa b. `Imran . So, he said: When he met his fate, and depleted his term, and was cut away from food, the Angel of Death met him and said to him: “Peace be unto you, O he who Allah has spoken to.” So, Musa  said to him: “And also with you. Who are you?” So, he said: “I am the Angel of Death.” He said: “What brings you?” He said: “I have come to take your soul.” So, Musa  said to him: “Where will you take my soul out from?” He said: “From your mouth.” Musa said to him: “How, when I have spoken to my Lord [with these lips]?” He said: “Then [I will take your soul] from your hands.” He said: “How, when I have carried the Torah with them?” He said: “Then from your feet.” He said: “How, when I have walked upon Mount Sinai with them?” He said: “Then from your eyes.” He said: “How, while I still look to my Lord with continuous hope?” He said: “Then from your ears.” He said: “How, when I have heard the words of my Lord with them?” So, Allah revealed to the Angel of Death, instructing him not to take his soul until he himself wanted death. And the Angel of Death left him and allowed Musa  to remain as long as Allah wanted after that. And he called Yusha` b. Nun, deputed him, and ordered him to guard his role, and recommended that he deputes someone after him who can take charge of the role. And Musa  went away from his community, and in his seclusion, he passed by a man who was digging a grave.    So, he asked him: “Can I watch you dig this grave?” So, the man said to him: “Of course”. So, he watched him until he dug the grave. Then, Musa b. `Imran lay down in it so that he may see how it was, then the cover was unveiled for him and he saw his place in Paradise. So, he said: “O my Lord! Let me be passed to you.” So, the Angel of Death took his soul in his place, buried him in the grave, and threw the dust onto him. The one who dug the grave was an angel in a human form, and that was in the wilderness. Then a caller called in the heavens, “Musa, the one whom Allah has spoken to, has died. So, which person does not die?”  So, my father narrated to me from my grandfather from his father  that the Messenger of Allah (s) was asked about the grave of Musa b. `Imran  – where is it? So, he said: It is at the great path, at the red dune.