The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There was a man who never did a single good deed in his life. He told his family, 'When I die, burn my body, then scatter half of my ashes over the land and half over the sea. For by Allah, if Allah gets hold of me, He will punish me with a punishment He has inflicted on no one else in all the worlds.'When the man died, his family did as he had instructed. Allah then commanded the land, and it gathered up what it held, and He commanded the sea, and it gathered up what it held.Then Allah asked him, "Why did you do this?"He replied, "Out of fear of You, my Lord, and You know best."So Allah forgave him.
و حدثني عن مالك عن أبي الزناد عن الأعرج
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال قال رجل لم يعمل حسنة قط لأهله إذا مات فحرقوه ثم أذروا نصفه في البر ونصفه في البحر فوالله لئن قدر الله عليه ليعذبنه عذابا لا يعذبه أحدا من العالمين فلما مات الرجل فعلوا ما أمرهم به فأمر الله البر فجمع ما فيه وأمر البحر فجمع ما فيه ثم قال لم فعلت هذا قال من خشيتك يا رب وأنت أعلم قال فغفر له