THE ANGEL OF DEATH BEATEN UP BY PROPHET MUSA!!  AND WORST… HE WAS ALLOWED TO DELAY HIS DEATH… BY SOME FUNNY METHODS.  I READ THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TAFSEER IBN KATHIR 4YRS AGO…

Sahih Bukhari 004.055.619

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Angel of Death was sent to Moses when he came to Moses, Moses slapped him on the eye. The angel returned to his Lord and said, “You have sent me to a Slave who does not want to die.” Allah said, “Return to him and tell him to put his hand on the back of an ox and for every hair that will come under it, he will be granted one year of life.” Moses said, “O Lord! What will happen after that?” Allah replied, “Then death.” Moses said, “Let it come now.” Moses then requested Allah to let him die close to the Sacred Land so much so that he would be at a distance of a stone’s throw from it.” Abu Huraira added, “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘If I were there, I would show you his grave below the red sand hill on the side of the road.”

AND THE QURAN SAYS…

وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَاء أَجَلُهَا وَاللَّهُ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

“But Allah will not grant respite to any soul when its appointed time when has come, and Allah is well acquainted with (all) that you do.” [63:11]