أَخْبَرَنَا کَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ عَنْ الزُّبَيْدِيِّ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ أَسْرَفَ عَبْدٌ عَلَی نَفْسِهِ حَتَّی حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ فَأَحْرِقُونِي ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي ثُمَّ اذْرُونِي فِي الرِّيحِ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ لَيُعَذِّبَنِّي عَذَابًا لَا يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنْ خَلْقِهِ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ أَهْلُهُ ذَلِکَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِکُلِّ شَيْئٍ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا أَدِّ مَا أَخَذْتَ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا حَمَلَکَ عَلَی مَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ خَشْيَتُکَ فَغَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2085
It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم say ‘There was a man who wronged himself greatly, and when he was dying he said to his family When I am dead, burn my body then grind my bones and scatter me in the wind and at sea, for by Allah, if Allah gets hold of me, He will punish me in a way that He will not punish anyone else. So his family did that, but, Allah the Mighty and Sublime, said to everything that had taken any part of him to give up what it had taken. Then there he was, standing. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime,said: What made you do what you did? He said: Fear of You. So Allah forgave him.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020