Hadith #373

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ ‏ ‏قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏تَحَاجَّ ‏ ‏آدَمُ ‏ ‏وَمُوسَى ‏ ‏فَقَالَ لَهُ ‏ ‏مُوسَى ‏ ‏أَنْتَ ‏ ‏آدَمُ ‏ ‏الَّذِي أَغْوَيْتَ النَّاسَ وَأَخْرَجْتَهُمْ مِنْ الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ لَهُ ‏ ‏آدَمُ ‏ ‏أَنْتَ ‏ ‏مُوسَى ‏ ‏الَّذِي أَعْطَاكَ اللَّهُ عِلْمَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ ‏ ‏وَاصْطَفَاكَ ‏ ‏عَلَى النَّاسِ بِرِسَالَاتِهِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَتَلُومُنِي عَلَى أَمْرٍ كَانَ قَدْ كُتِبَ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ أُخْلَقَ قَالَ ‏ ‏فَحَاجَّ ‏ ‏آدَمُ ‏ ‏مُوسَى ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَسَلَّمَ ‏

English Translation

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Adam and Musa debated. Musa said to him: You are Adam who led people astray and caused them to be expelled from Paradise. Adam said to him: You are Musa whom Allah chose with His message and with His direct speech; do you blame me for a matter that was decreed upon me before I was created? Thus Adam prevailed over Musa in the argument.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 18, Hadith 373

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7811

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