I stayed in Madinah with Abu Hurairah for a year. One day, while we were near the chamber of Ayesha, he said to me, "You should have seen us. We had no clothes except worn-out striped cloaks. Days would pass when one of us could not find food enough to keep his back straight, to the point that one of us would take a stone and tie it against the hollow of his belly, fastening it with his garment to hold himself upright.One day, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ distributed some dates among us, and each one of us received seven dates, one of which was dried and shriveled. It would not have pleased me to have a good date in its place."I asked, "Why not?"He answered, "Because it gave me more to chew on."Then he said to me, "Where have you come from?"I replied, "From Sham."He asked, "Did you see the stone of Musa?"I said, "What is the stone of Musa?"He said, "The Children of Israil said something offensive about Musa, claiming there was a defect concealed beneath his clothing in his private parts. One day, he placed his clothes on a rock while he was bathing, and the rock ran off with his clothes. Musa chased after it, calling out, 'Stone, give back my clothes! Stone, give back my clothes!' until it brought him out before the Children of Israil. They saw him perfectly formed and well-built. He then struck the stone three times. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Abu Hurairah, had you looked at it, you would have seen the marks of Musa's blows upon it."
أقمت بالمدينة مع أبي هريرة سنة، فقال لي ذات يوم ونحن عند حجرة عائشة: لقد رأيتنا وما لنا ثياب إلا البراد المتفتقة، وإنه ليأتي على أحدنا الأيام ما يجد طعاما يقيم به صلبه، حتى إن كان أحدنا ليأخذ الحجر فيشده على أخمص بطنه، ثم يشده بثوبه ليقيم به صلبه، فقسم رسول الله ﷺ ذات يوم بيننا تمرا، فأصاب كل إنسان منا سبع تمرات فيهن حشفة، فما سرني أن لي مكانها تمرة جيدة، قال: قلت: لم؟ قال: تشد لي من مضغي. قال: فقال لي: من أين أقبلت؟ قلت: من الشام. قال: فقال لي: هل رأيت حجر موسى؟ قلت: وما حجر موسى؟ قال: إن بني إسرائيل قالوا لموسى قولا تحت ثيابه في مذاكيره، قال: فوضع ثيابه على صخرة وهو يغتسل، قال: فسعت بثيابه، قال: فتبعها في أثرها وهو يقول: يا حجر، ألق ثيابي، يا حجر، ألق ثيابي، حتى أتت به على بني إسرائيل، فرأوه سويا حسن الخلق، فلحبه ثلاث لحبات، فوالذي نفس أبي هريرة بيده، لو كنت نظرت لرأيت لحبات موسى فيه.
Ahmad (8301) narrated it from Abdul-Samad (that is, the son of Abdul-Warith), who said, my father narrated to me, Jareeri narrated to us, from Abdullah bin Shaqiq, who said, and then he mentioned it. Its isnad is sahih. Jareeri is Saeed bin Iyas, who became confused in his later years, but Abdul-Warith heard from him before this confusion set in.