‘Abdallah b. as-Sa’ib said:
God’s Messenger led us in the Morning Prayer in Mecca and began the Sura al-Mu’minun1, but when he came to the reference to Moses and Aaron2, or to the reference to Jesus3, a cough got the better of him and he bowed.
1. Al-Qur’an; 23.
2. Verse 45
3. Verse 50.
Muslim transmitted it.