I heard the Prophet of Allah ﷺ say, "There was once a servant among the servants of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to whom Allah had given wealth and children. He did not perform any deeds of devotion to Allah . He continued in this state until much of his life had passed, or only a little of it remained. Then he reflected and realized that he had not stored up any good with Allah
. So he called his sons and said, 'What kind of father have I been to you?'They replied, 'The best of fathers, dear father.'He said, 'By Allah, I will not leave any of my wealth in your possession unless I take it back from you, or you do with me what I command.' So he took a solemn pledge from them, by my Lord. Then he said, 'When I die, throw me into the fire until I become charcoal, then crush me'."The Prophet ﷺ said this while striking his thigh with his hand, as if I can still see him doing so."'Then scatter me to the wind, perhaps I may escape Allah!' By the Lord of Muhammad, they did exactly that to him when he died. He was then brought back in the finest form he had ever been in and was presented before his Lord. Allah asked him, 'What drove you to do this to yourself with the fire?'He replied, 'Fear of You, my Lord.'Allah said, 'Indeed, I find you to be one who stood in awe of Me,' and He forgave him."
سمعت نبي الله ﷺ يقول: إنه كان عبد من عباد الله جل وعز أعطاه الله مالا وولدا، فكان لا يدين الله تبارك وتعالى دينا، فلبث حتى إذا ذهب منه عمر أو بقي عمر، تذكر فعلم أنه لن يبتئر عند الله تبارك وتعالى خيرا، دعا بنيه فقال: أي أب تعلموني؟ قالوا: خيره يا أبانا قال: والله لا أدع عند أحد منكم مالا هو مني إلا أنا آخذه منه، أو لتفعلن بي ما آمركم قال: فأخذ منهم ميثاقا وربي، فقال: إما لا فإذا أنا مت فألقوني في النار حتى إذا كنت حمما فدقوني-قال: فكأني أنظر إلى رسول الله ﷺ وهو يقول بيده على فخذه- ثم اذروني في الريح لعلي أضل الله! قال: ففعلوا ذلك به ورب محمد حين مات، فجيء به في أحسن ما كان قط، فعرض على ربه فقال: ما حملك على النار؟ قال: خشيتك يا رباه قال: إني أسمعك لراهبا فتيب عليه.
Ahmad narrated it (20044, 20039), as did Darimi (2855), and Tahawi in Sharh Mushkil (566), all of them through routes from Bahz bin Hakeem bin Muawiya, from his father, from his grandfather, who related it. Its isnad is hasan because of Bahz bin Hakeem bin Muawiya and his father, for both of them are hasan in terms of narrating hadith.