Narrated Ibn Juraij (RA) :
Yala bin Muslim and Amr bin Dinar and some others narrated the narration of Said bin Jubair (RA) .
Narrated Said: While we were at the house of Ibn Abbas (RA), Ibn Abbas (RA) said, "Ask me (any question)" I said, "O Abu Abbas! May Allah let me be sacrificed for you ! There is a man at Kufa who is a story-teller called Nauf; who claims that he (Al-Khadirs companion) is not Moses (علیہ السلام) of Bani Israel." As for Amr, he said to me, "Ibn Abbas (RA) said, "(Nauf) the enemy of Allah told a lie." But Yala said to me, "Ibn Abbas (RA) said, Ubai bin Kab (RA) said, Allahs Apostle ﷺ said, Once Moses (علیہ السلام), Allahs Apostle, preached to the people till their eyes shed tears and their hearts became tender, whereupon he finished his sermon. Then a man came to Moses (علیہ السلام) and asked, O Allahs Apostle ﷺ ! Is there anyone on the earth who is more learned than you? Moses (علیہ السلام) replied, No. So Allah admonished him ( Moses (علیہ السلام)), for he did not ascribe all knowledge to Allah. It was said, (on behalf of Allah), Yes, (there is a slave of ours who knows more than you ). Moses (علیہ السلام) said, O my Lord! Where is he? Allah said, At the junction of the two seas. Moses (علیہ السلام) said, O my Lord ! Tell I me of a sign whereby I will recognize the place. " Amr said to me, Allah said, "That place will be where the fish will leave you." Yala said to me, "Allah said (to Moses (علیہ السلام)), Take a dead fish (and your goal will be) the place where it will become alive. " So Moses (علیہ السلام) took a fish and put it in a basket and said to his boy-servant "I dont want to trouble you, except that you should inform me as soon as this fish leaves you." He said (to Moses (علیہ السلام))." You have not demanded too much." And that is as mentioned by Allah:
And (remember) when Moses (علیہ السلام) said to his attendant .... (18.60) Yusha bin Nun. (Said did not state that). The Prophet ﷺ said, "While the attendant was in the shade of the rock at a wet place, the fish slipped out (alive) while Moses (علیہ السلام) was sleeping. His attend an said (to himself), "I will not wake him, but when he woke up, he forgot to tell him The fish slipped out and entered the sea. Allah stopped the flow of the sea. where the fish was, so that its trace looked as if it was made on a rock. Amr forming a hole with his two thumbs an index fingers, said to me, "Like this, as in its trace was made on a rock." Moses (علیہ السلام) said "We have suffered much fatigue on this journey of ours." (This was not narrate by Said). Then they returned back and found Al-Khadir. Uthman bin Abi Sulaiman said to me, (they found him) on a green carpet in the middle of the sea. Al-Khadir was covered with his garment with one end under his feet and the other end under his head. When Moses (علیہ السلام) greeted, he uncovered his face and said astonishingly, Is there such a greeting in my land? Who are you? Moses (علیہ السلام) said, I am Moses (علیہ السلام). Al-Khadir said, Are you the Moses (علیہ السلام) of Bani Israel? Moses (علیہ السلام) said, Yes. Al-Khadir said, "What do you want? Moses (علیہ السلام) said, I came to you so that you may teach me of the truth which you were taught. Al-Khadir said, Is it not sufficient for you that the Torah is in your hands and the Divine Inspiration comes to you, O Moses (علیہ السلام)? Verily, I have a knowledge that you ought not learn, and you have a knowledge which I ought not learn. At that time a bird took with its beak (some water) from the sea: Al-Khadir then said, By Allah, my knowledge and your knowledge besides Allahs Knowledge is like what this bird has taken with its beak from the sea. Until, when they went on board the boat (18.71). They found a small boat which used to carry the people from this sea-side to the other sea-side. The crew recognized Al-Khadir and said, The pious slave of Allah. (We said to Said "Was that Khadir?" He said, "Yes.") The boat men said, We will not get him on board with fare. Al-Khadir scuttled the boat and then plugged the hole with a piece o wood. Moses (علیہ السلام) said, Have you scuttle it in order to drown these people surely, you have done a dreadful thing. (18.71) (Mujahid said. " Moses (علیہ السلام) said so protestingly.") Al-Khadir said, didnt I say that you can have no patience with me? (18.72) The first inquiry of Moses (علیہ السلام) was done because of forget fullness, the second caused him to be bound with a stipulation, and the third was done he intentionally. Moses (علیہ السلام) said, Call me not to account for what I forgot and be not hard upon me for my affair (with you). (18.73)
(Then) they found a boy and Al-Khadir killed him. Yala- said: Said said They found boys playing and Al-Khadir got hold of a handsome infidel boy laid him down and then slew him with knife. Moses (علیہ السلام) said, Have you killed a innocent soul who has killed nobody (18.74) Then they proceeded and found a wall which was on the point of falling down, and Al-Khadir set it up straight Said moved his hand thus and said Al-Khadir raised his hand and the wall became straight. Yala said, I think Said said, Al-Khadir touched the wall with his hand and it became straight ( Moses (علیہ السلام) said to Al-Khadir), If you had wished, you could have taken wages for it. Said said, Wages that we might had eaten. And there was a king in furor (ahead) of them" (18.79) And there was in front of them. Ibn Abbas (RA) recited: In front of them (was) a king.
It is said on the authority of somebody other than Said that the king was Hudad bin Budad. They say that the boy was called Haisur. A king who seized every ship by force. (18.79) So I wished that if that boat passed by him, he would leave it because of its defect and when they have passed they would repair it and get benefit from it. Some people said that they closed that hole with a bottle, and some said with tar. His parents were believers, and he (the boy) was a non-believer and we(Khadir) feared lest he would oppress them by obstinate rebellion and disbelief. (18.80) (i.e. that their love for him would urge them to follow him in his religion, so we (Khadir) desired that their Lord should change him for them for one better in righteousness and near to mercy (18:81). This was in reply to Moses (علیہ السلام) saying: Have you killed an innocent soul.? (18.74). Near to mercy" means they will be more merciful to him than they were to the former whom Khadir had killed. Other than Said, said that they were compensated with a girl. Dawud bin Abi Asim said on the authority of more than one that this next child was a girl.