Zuḥayr ibn Ḥarb narrated to me: Ḥujayn ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Salamah narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Faḍl al-Hāshimī, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Aʿraj, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:

While a Jew was offering his merchandise for sale, he was offered something for it that he disliked—or was not satisfied with—(ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz doubted [the exact wording]). He said, "No, by the One who chose Moses, peace be upon him, above all mankind." He said: An Ansārī man heard him and struck his face. He said: [The Ansārī said,] "You say, 'By the One who chose Moses, peace be upon him, above all mankind,' while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is in our midst?"

He said: The Jew went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, "O Abū al-Qāsim, I have a covenant and a treaty [of protection], and so-and-so struck my face." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Why did you strike his face?" He said: He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, he said, 'By the One who chose Moses, peace be upon him, above all mankind,' while you are in our midst."

He said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, became angry until anger was visible in his face. Then he said: "Do not give preference among the prophets of Allah. For the Trumpet will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be struck unconscious, except those whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown a second time, and I will be the first to be raised—or among the first to be raised—and behold, Moses, peace be upon him, will be clinging to the Throne. I do not know whether he was recompensed for his swoon on the Day of [Mount] Ṭūr, or whether he was raised before me. And I do not say that anyone is better than Jonah son of Mattā, peace be upon him."