Surah Al-Kahf 18:76

The Story of killing the Boy

(Then they both proceeded,) means, after the first incident,

(till they met a boy, and he (Khidr) killed him.) It has been stated previously that this boy was playing with other boys in one of the towns, and that Al-Khidr deliberately singled him out. He was the finest and most handsome of them all, and Al-Khidr killed him. When Musa, peace be upon him, saw that he denounced him even more fervently than in the first case, and said hastily:

(Have you killed an innocent person) meaning, a young person who had not yet committed any sin or done anything wrong, yet you killed him

(without Nafs) with no reason for killing him.

(Verily, you have committed a thing Nukr!) meaning, something that is clearly evil.

(He said: "Did I not tell you that you can have no patience with me") Once again, Al-Khidr reiterates the condition set in the first place, so Musa says to him:

(If I ask you anything after this,) meaning, `if I object to anything else you do after this,'

(keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.) `you have accepted my apology twice.' Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn `Abbas that Ubayy bin Ka`b said: "Whenever the Prophet mentioned anyone, he would pray for himself first. One day he said:

(May the mercy of Allah be upon us and upon Musa. If he had stayed with his companion he would have seen wonders, but he said, (`If I ask you anything after this, keep me not in your company, you have received an excuse from me.'))"

Selanjutnya Musa berkata, "Kalau sekiranya aku bertanya lagi kepadamu tentang suatu perbuatanmu yang aneh-aneh itu yang telah aku saksikan, karena aku ingin mengetahui hikmahnya bukan untuk sekedar bertanya saja. Maka jika aku bertanya sekali lagi sesudah kali ini, maka janganlah kamu mengizinkan aku menyertaimu lagi, karena kamu sudah cukup memberikan maaf kepadaku." Inilah kata-kata Musa yang penuh dengan penyesalan atas perbuatannya yang terpaksa dia akui dan insafi.

Diriwayatkan dalam suatu hadis yang sahih bahwa Nabi Muhammad saw bersabda tentang keadaan Nabi Musa itu sebagai berikut:

Semoga Allah memberi rahmat kepada kita dan kepada Musa. Seandainya beliau sabar pada sahabatnya (Khidir), tentu beliau banyak menyaksikan keajaiban tentang ilmu hakikat, tetapi karena beliau merasa malu untuk menghadapi celaan lagi dari sahabatnya (Khidir), maka beliau berkata, "Kalau aku bertanya lagi kepadamu tentang sesuatu sesudah ini, maka janganlah kamu menemani aku. Sesungguhnya kamu sudah cukup memberi maaf kepadaku." (Riwayat Muslim dari Ubay bin Ka'ab)