[6] We find in a rare Hadith...

[6] We find in a rare Hadith: كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، نَاقِلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ الْأَرْبَعِينَ رِوَايَةَ سَعْدٍ الْإِرْبِلِيِّ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: وُجِدَ فِي ذَخِيرَةِ أَحَدِ حَوَارِيِّ الْمَسِيحِ ع رَقٌّ مَكْتُوبٌ بِالْقَلَمِ السُّرْيَانِيِّ مَنْقُولًا مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا تَشَاجَرَ مُوسَى وَ الْخَضِرُ ع فِي قَضِيَّةِ السَّفِينَةِ وَ الْغُلَامِ وَ الْجِدَارِ وَ رَجَعَ مُوسَى إِلَى قَوْمِهِ سَأَلَهُ أَخُوهُ هَارُونُ عَمَّا استعمله [اسْتَعْلَمَهُ‏] مِنَ الْخَضِرِ ع فِي السَّفِينَةِ وَ شَاهَدَهُ مِنْ عَجَائِبِ الْبَحْرِ Kitab ‘Al Mukhtasar’ of Al Hassan Bin Suleyman, copying from Kitab ‘Al Arbaeen’ – A report of Sa’ad Al Arbily, from Ammar Bin Khalid, from Is’haq Al Arzaq, from Abdul Malik Bin Suleyman who said, ‘It was found in the hoard (treasured) of one of the disciples of the Messiah -as , a parchment written by the Assyrian pen, copying from the Torah, and what is when Musa -as and Al-Khizr -as quarrelled regarding the issue of the ship, and the boy, and the wall, and Musa -as returned to his -as people, his -as brother -as asked him -as about what he -as utilised from Al-Khizr -as regarding the ship, and witnessing from the wonders of the sea.

قَالَ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا وَ الْخَضِرُ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ إِذْ سَقَطَ بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا طَائِرٌ أَخَذَ فِي مِنْقَارِهِ‏ قَطْرَةً مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ وَ رَمَى بِهَا نَحْوَ الْمَشْرِقِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ ثَانِيَةً وَ رَمَى بِهَا نَحْوَ الْمَغْرِبِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ ثَالِثَةً وَ رَمَى بِهَا نَحْوَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ رَابِعَةً وَ رَمَى بِهَا نَحْوَ الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ خَامِسَةً وَ أَلْقَاهَا فِي الْبَحْرِ فَبُهِتَ الْخَضِرُ وَ أَنَا He (Musa -as ) said: ‘While I -as and Al-Khizr -as were upon the coast of the sea, when a bird fell (came down) in front of us.