What is the authenticity of the narration reported from Moses (peace be upon him), mentioned in the exegesis of Sheikh Ismail Haqqi, which states: "My God, have You honored anyone as You have honored me, in that You made me hear Your words? Allah the Almighty said: 'O Moses, I have servants whom I will bring forth in the Last Days, and I will honor them with the month of Ramadan. And I will be closer to them than I am to you, for I spoke to you while there were seventy thousand veils between us. But when the Ummah of Muhammad fasts, and their lips turn white, and their complexions turn yellow, I will lift those veils at the time of breaking the fast. O Moses, blessed is he whose liver thirsts and whose belly hungers in Ramadan, for I will not reward them with anything less than My meeting'?"
The website IslamQA states that the text of the aforementioned Hadith is munkar (denounced), especially the phrase: "Then I am closer to one of them than you [meaning Moses, peace be upon him]." It is well-known that prophets and messengers are superior to all other humans, and Moses (peace be upon him) is one of the Ulul-'Azm (Prophets of Strong Will). Allah Almighty says concerning him: "And We called him from the right side of the mount and brought him near in private conversation." (Maryam: 52) So, how can Allah draw closer to His servants more than to His Prophet Moses? This narration is not found in the relied-upon books, and it is not permissible to believe in its content.
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