Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 2369
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: " قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ لِأَهْلِهِ وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ أَسْرَفَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ أَوْصَى بَنِيهِ إِذَا مَاتَ فَحَرِّقُوهُ ثُمَّ اذْرُوا نِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَنِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فو الله لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَيُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا لَا يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ فَعَلُوا مَا أَمَرَهُمْ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْبَحْرَ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ وَأَمَرَ الْبَرَّ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ "
Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said: A man who had never done any good for his family—another version says that a man had wronged himself greatly—when death came to him, instructed his sons: ‘When I die, burn me, then scatter half of me on land and half in the sea. By God, if God has power over me, He will punish me with a punishment unlike that of anyone in the worlds.’ When he died, they did as he had instructed. God commanded the sea to gather what was in it and the land to gather what was in it. Then He said to him, ‘Why did you do this?’ He replied, ‘Out of fear of You, my Lord, though You know best.’ So He forgave him. Agreed upon. The Arabic source records it as agreed upon (al-Albani).