Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2989
عَنْ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَرَأَ: (طسم) حَتَّى بَلَّغَ قِصَّةَ مُوسَى قَالَ: «إِنَّ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ آجَرَ نَفْسَهُ ثَمَانِ سِنِينَ أَوْ عَشْرًا عَلَى عِفَّةِ فَرْجِهِ وَطَعَامِ بَطْنِهِ» . رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَابْن مَاجَه
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Utbah ibn al-Mundhir reported: We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he recited the passage beginning Ta-Sin-Mim until he reached the story of Moses. He said: “Moses, peace be upon him, hired himself for eight or ten years in return for preserving his chastity and receiving food.” Ahmad and Ibn Majah narrated it.