Hadith 31925

It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka'b that on the night when he (ﷺ)was taken on the Night Journey (Isra'), the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)noticed a good fragrance and said:
"O Jibril, what is thisgoodfragrance?" He said: "This is the fragrance of the grave ofthehairdresser and her two sons and her husband." He said: "Thatbeganwhen Khadir, who was one of the nobles of the Children ofIsrael, usedto pass by a monk in his cell. The monk used to meet himand he taughthim Islam. When Khadir reached adolescence, his fathermarried him toa woman. He taught her and made her promise not toteach it to anyone.He used not to touch women, so he divorced her,then his fathermarried him to another woman, and he taught her andmade her promisenot to teach it to anyone. One of them kept thesecret but the otherdisclosed it, so he fled until he came to anisland in the sea. Twomen came, gathering firewood, and saw him. Oneof them kept the secretbut the other disclosed it and said: 'Ihave seen Khadir.' It wassaid: 'Who else saw him besides you?'He said: 'So-and-so.' (The otherman) was questioned but he keptsilent. According to their religion,the liar was to be killed. Thewoman who had kept the secret gotmarried, and while she was combingthe hair of Pharoah's daughter, shedropped the comb and said: 'MayPharoah perish!' (The daughter) toldher father about that. Thewoman had two sons and a husband. (Pharoah)sent for them, and triedto make the woman and her husband give uptheir religion, but theyrefused. He said: 'I am going to kill you.'They said: 'Itwould be an act of kindness on your part, if you killus, to put usin one grave.' So he did that." When the Prophet (ﷺ)was takenon the Night Journey (Isra'), he noticed a good fragranceand askedJibril about it and he told him."