that he  would die in the wilderness after his brother Aaron, as we shall clarify, God willing.

Some have claimed that it was Moses  who led the Children of Israel out of the wilderness and brought them into the Holy Land. This, however, is contrary to what is affirmed by the People of the Scripture and by the majority of Muslims.

One proof for this is his statement when he chose death:
“My Lord, bring me near to the Holy Land, the distance of a stone’s throw.”
Had he already entered it, he would not have asked for that. Rather, because he and his people were still in the wilderness and his appointed time had come, he wished to draw nearer to the land to which he had migrated and which he had urged his people to enter; but the divine decree left between them and it only the span of a stone’s throw. For this reason the Master of mankind, the Messenger of Allah to the dwellers of tents and cities alike, said (1):
“If I had been there I would have shown you his grave by the red dune.”

Imâm Aḥmad said: ‘Affân narrated to us, Ḥammâd narrated to us, Thâbit and Sulaymân al-Taymî narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mâlik, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“During the Night Journey I passed by Moses, and he was standing, praying in his grave by the red dune.” (2)
Muslim likewise recorded it through Ḥammâd ibn Salamah (3).

Al-Suddî narrated—from Abû Mâlik and Abû Ṣâliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbâs; from Murrah, from Ibn Masʿûd; and from a group of Companions—that they said:

Allah, exalted is He, revealed to Moses: “I shall take Aaron’s soul; so bring him to such-and-such a mountain.” Moses and Aaron set out for that mountain, where they saw a tree the like of which had never been seen, a built house, a couch spread with coverings, and within it a pleasant fragrance. When Aaron looked at the mountain, the house, and what was in it, he was delighted and said, “O Moses, I would like to lie on this couch.”
Moses replied, “Lie upon it.” Aaron said, “I fear that the Lord of this house may come and be angry with me.” He answered, “Do not fear; I will answer for you to the Lord of this house. Lie down.” Aaron said, “O Moses, lie with me, for if the Lord of this house comes He may be angry with both me and you.”
They lay down together, and when they did, death overtook Aaron. Feeling its touch, he said, “O Moses, you have deceived me.” When his soul was taken, the house was raised up, the tree vanished, and the couch was lifted with him to heaven.

When Moses returned to his people without Aaron they said, “Moses has killed Aaron!” They said this out of their love for Aaron, for he had been more gentle and lenient with them than Moses, whereas Moses had shown them some sternness. When Moses heard this he said, “Woe to you! He was my brother—do you imagine that I would kill him?” When their accusations persisted, he stood, prayed two rakʿahs, and supplicated Allah. The couch then descended until they could all see it suspended between heaven and earth.

Thereafter, while Moses  was walking with his young attendant Yûshaʿ, a black wind approached. When Yûshaʿ saw it he thought the Hour had come, so he clung to Moses, saying, “Will the Hour be established while I am holding to Moses, the Prophet of Allah?” Moses then slipped away