حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی وَإِسْحَقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ قَالَ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَلَا أُحَدِّثُکَ بِحَدِيثَيْنِ عَجِيبَيْنِ أَخْبَرَنِي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَسْرَفَ رَجُلٌ عَلَی نَفْسِهِ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ أَوْصَی بَنِيهِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَأَحْرِقُونِي ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي ثُمَّ ذَرُّونِي فِي الرِّيحِ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ عَلَيَّ رَبِّي لَيُعَذِّبُنِي عَذَابًا مَا عَذَّبَهُ أَحَدًا قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا بِهِ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ لِلْأَرْضِ أَدِّي مَا أَخَذْتِ فَإِذَا هُوَ قَائِمٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا حَمَلَکَ عَلَی مَا صَنَعْتَ قَالَ خَشْيَتُکَ أَوْ مَخَافَتُکَ يَا رَبِّ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ لِذَلِکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4255
lt was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: "A man went to extremes in committing sins. When death came to him, he left instructions to his sons, saying:'When I die, burn me, then grind me into powder, then scatter me I in the wind and in the sea, for by Allah, if my Lord has power over me, He will subject me to a punishment that He has never subjected anyone to.' So they did that to him, then (Allah) said to the earth: 'Return what you have taken,' and there he was, standing. He said to him: 'What I made you do what you have l done?' He said: 'Fear of You, O Lord His forgave him because of that (fear).(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020