The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a man from those who came before you. He said a word, meaning, Allah had given him wealth and children. When death approached him, he said to his sons, "What kind of father have I been to you?"They replied, "The best of fathers."He said, "I have not stored up any good with Allah, and if Allah has power over me, He will punish me. So look, when I die, burn me, and when I am reduced to charcoal, grind me down. Then on a day of violent wind, scatter me in it."The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said, "He took their solemn pledges on this, by my Lord, and they did so. They scattered him on a windy day, and Allah said, 'Be,' and there he was, a man standing."Allah said, "My servant, what made you do what you did?"He said, "Fear of You," or, "dread of You."The Prophet said, "Nothing else met him then but that He had mercy on him."And on another occasion he said, "Nothing else met him but that."
عن النبي ﷺ: أنه ذكر رجلا فيمن سلف، أو فيمن كان قبلكم، قال: كلمة: يعني- أعطاه الله مالا وولدا، فلما حضرت الوفاة، قال لبنيه: أي أب كنت لكم؟ قالوا: خير أب، قال: فإنه لم يبتئر، أو لم يبتئز عند الله خيرا، وإن يقدر الله عليه يعذبه، فانظروا إذا مت فأحرقوني، حتى إذا صرت فحما فاسحقوني، أو قال: فاسحكوني، فإذا كان يوم ريح عاصف فأذروني فيها، فقال نبي ﷺ: فأخذ مواثيقهم على ذلك وربي، ففعلوا ثم أذروه في يوم عاصف، فقال الله عز وجل: كن، فإذا هو رجل قائم، قال الله: أي عبدي ما حملك على أن فعلت ما فعلت؟ قال مخافتك، أو: فرق منك، قال: فما تلافاه أن رحمه عندها. وقال مرة أخرى: فما تلافاه غيرها.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Tawhid (7508), and Muslim in the Book of Repentance (2757-27), both through Qatada, who heard Uqbah bin Abdul-Ghafir say, "I heard Abu Saeed Khudri," and he mentioned it. Then I related it to Abu Uthman, who said, "I heard this from Salman, except that he added in it, 'Scatter me into the sea,' or as he related it."