The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a man from those who lived before you. Allah had granted 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, "But I have not stored up any good with Allah." Qatada explained that "yabtair" means "to store up." "If I am brought before Allah, He will punish me. So look, when I die, burn me until I become charcoal, then grind me up." Or he said, "crush me. Then when a strong wind blows, scatter me in it." He took firm pledges from them to do this, and by my Lord, they did.Then Allah said, "Be," and there he stood, a man. Allah asked, "My servant, what made you do what you did?"He replied, "Fear of You," or "Dread of You."Nothing saved him from that except that Allah had mercy on him.I related this to Abu Uthman, and he said, "I heard Salman say the same, except he added, 'and scatter me in the sea,'" or as he reported it.Muaz said, Shuba narrated to us from Qatada, who said, I heard Uqba, who said, I heard Abu Saeed Khudri, from the Prophet ﷺ.
حدثنا موسى حدثنا معتمر سمعت أبي حدثنا قتادة عن عقبة بن عبد الغافر
عن النبي ﷺ ذكر رجلا فيمن كان سلف أو قبلكم آتاه الله مالا وولدا يعني أعطاه قال فلما حضر قال لبنيه أي أب كنت لكم قالوا خير أب قال فإنه لم يبتئر عند الله خيرا فسرها قتادة لم يدخر وإن يقدم على الله يعذبه فانظروا فإذا مت فأحرقوني حتى إذا صرت فحما فاسحقوني أو قال فاسهكوني ثم إذا كان ريح عاصف فأذروني فيها فأخذ مواثيقهم على ذلك وربي ففعلوا فقال الله كن فإذا رجل قائم ثم قال أي عبدي ما حملك على ما فعلت قال مخافتك أو فرق منك فما تلافاه أن رحمه الله فحدثت أبا عثمان فقال سمعت سلمان غير أنه زاد فأذروني في البحر أو كما حدث وقال معاذ حدثنا شعبة عن قتادة سمعت عقبة سمعت أبا سعيد الخدري عن النبي ﷺ