He imagines that it is reserved exclusively for him, while the seventh was one that Moses did not wish for.

He said, “My Lord, which of Your servants is the most God-fearing?”
He said, “The one who remembers (Me) and never forgets.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the most rightly guided?”
He said, “The one who follows guidance.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the wisest?”
He said, “The one who judges for people just as he judges for himself.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the most learned?”
He said, “A scholar who is never sated with knowledge, who gathers the knowledge of others to his own.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the most noble?”
He said, “The one who forgives when he has the power to retaliate.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the richest?”
He said, “The one who is content with what he is given.”

He said, “Which of Your servants is the poorest?”
He said, “The one who is ‘manqūṣ’ (deficient).” The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Wealth is not in outward possessions; true wealth is the wealth of the soul. When Allah desires good for a servant, He places his wealth within his soul and his piety in his heart; and when He desires ill for a servant, He places his poverty right between his eyes.”

Ibn Ḥibbān said, “His words ‘ṣāḥib manqūṣ’ mean: a person whose condition is deficient—he deems what he has been given to be insignificant and keeps seeking more.”

Ibn Jarīr also transmitted it in his History (1) through Ibn Ḥumayd, from Yaʿqūb al-Qummī (2), from Hārūn ibn ʿAntarah (3), from his father, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: Moses asked his Lord—Glorified and Exalted be He—and related something similar, in which he said:

“My Lord! Which of Your servants is the most knowledgeable?” He said, “The one who seeks the knowledge of people in addition to his own knowledge, hoping that he might find (4) a word that guides him to right guidance or turns him away from ruin.”

He said, “My Lord! Is there anyone on earth more knowledgeable than I?” He said, “Yes, al-Khiḍr.” He then asked for a way to meet him, and the story will be mentioned later, if Allah wills, and in Him is all trust.

[Another ḥadith conveying the same meaning as the one cited by Ibn Ḥibbān]

Imām Aḥmad said: “Yahyā ibn Isḥāq narrated to us; Ibn Luhayʿah narrated to us, from Darrāj, from Abū al-Haytham, from Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:

‘Indeed, Moses said: My Lord, Your believing servant who is straitened in this world—’ He said: A gate of Paradise was opened for him and he looked at it. He said, ‘O Moses, this is what I have prepared for him.’

Moses said, ‘By Your Might and Majesty, even if he were amputated (5) of both hands and feet and were dragged on his face from the day You created him until the Day of Resurrection, and this were his end, he would never have seen misery.’

He said: Then he said: ‘My Lord, Your disbelieving servant to whom the world has been made expansive.’ He said: A gate to the Fire was opened for him, and He said, ‘O Moses, this is what I have prepared for him.’

He said, ‘My Lord, by Your Might and Majesty, if he had …’”}