Mishkat al-Masabih 1878

Abu Huraira said: I heard the Prophet ﷺ say: ‘There were three men among the Children of Israel: a leper, a bald man, and a blind man. Allah wished to test them, so He sent an angel to them. The angel came to the leper and asked, “What would you most like?” He said, “A good complexion and good skin, and to be rid of what makes people find me repulsive.” The angel touched him, and what made him repulsive went away. He was given a good complexion and good skin. The angel asked, “What kind of wealth would you most like?” He said, “Camels”—or he said, “Cattle”; Ishaq was unsure. One of the two, the leper or the bald man, said camels, and the other said cattle. He was given a pregnant she-camel, and the angel said, “May Allah bless it for you.”’ He said: ‘Then the angel came to the bald man and asked, “What would you most like?” He said, “Good hair, and to be rid of what makes people find me repulsive.”’ He said: ‘The angel touched him, what made him repulsive went away, and he was given good hair. The angel asked, “What kind of wealth would you most like?” He said, “Cattle.” He was given a pregnant cow, and the angel said, “May Allah bless it for you.”’ He said: ‘Then the angel came to the blind man and asked, “What would you most like?” He said, “That Allah restore my sight so that I may see people.”’ He said: ‘The angel touched him, Allah restored his sight, and the angel asked, “What kind of wealth would you most like?” He said, “Sheep.” He was given a pregnant ewe. The animals reproduced, so that one had a valley of camels, another a valley of cattle, and the third a valley of sheep.’ He said: ‘Then the angel came to the leper in his former appearance and said, “I am a poor man whose means have run out on my journey. I have no way to continue today except through Allah and then through you. I ask you, by the One who gave you your good complexion, good skin, and wealth, for a camel to carry me on my journey.” He said, “There are many claims on this wealth.” The angel said, “I seem to recognize you. Were you not a leper whom people found repulsive, a poor man, and then Allah gave you wealth?” He replied, “I inherited this wealth, generation after generation.” The angel said, “If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were before.”’ He said: ‘Then the angel came to the bald man in his former appearance, said to him what he had said to the leper, and received the same reply. The angel said, “If you are lying, may Allah return you to what you were before.”’ He said: ‘Then the angel came to the blind man in his former appearance and said, “I am a poor man and a wayfarer whose means have run out on my journey. I have no way to continue today except through Allah and then through you. I ask you, by the One who restored your sight, for a sheep to carry me on my journey.” He replied, “I was blind and Allah restored my sight. Take what you wish and leave what you wish. By Allah, I will not make difficult for you anything that you take for Allah’s sake.” The angel said, “Keep your wealth. You have only been tested. Allah is pleased with you and angry with your two companions.”’ This is agreed upon, and its wording is al-Bukhari’s.