Narrated Rabi` bin Hirash:
`Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" Hudhaifa said, "I heard him saying, 'Death approached a man and when he had no hope of surviving, he said to his family, 'When I die, gather for me much wood and build a fire (to burn me),. When the fire has eaten my flesh and reached my bones, take the bones and grind them and scatter the resulting powder in the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' (That was done.) But Allah collected his particles and asked (him), 'Why did you do so?' He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allah forgave him."
Narrated `Abdu Malik:
As above, saying, "On a windy day."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3479 |
In-book reference | : Book 60, Hadith 146 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 685 |
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