Hadith / Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili / 42:325
Musnad Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili 42:325
From the Musnad of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA)
من مسند أبي سعيد الخدري
Hadith 42:325
Abu Khaythama narrated to us, al-Hasan ibn Musa narrated to us, Shayban narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Uqbah ibn Abd al-Ghafir, from Abu Sa’id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There was a man among those who passed away before you whom Allah had blessed with wealth and children. When death approached him, he called his sons and said: 'What kind of father was I to you?' They said: 'The best of fathers.' He said: 'By Allah, I have never stored up any good with Allah at all. So when I die, burn me, until when I become charcoal, crush me, then scatter me on a stormy day.' The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'He took their oaths upon that, by my Lord. And they did it, by my Lord. When he died, they burned him until he became charcoal, then they crushed him, then they scattered him on a stormy day.' He said: 'Then his Lord said to him: "Be!" And suddenly he was a man standing. His Lord said to him: "What compelled you to do what you did?" He said: "O Lord, I feared Your punishment." He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it did not save him except that He forgave him.'" Qatadah said: "A man who feared the punishment of Allah, so Allah saved him because of his fear."
حدثنا أبو خيثمة حدثنا الحسن بن موسى حدثنا شيبان عن قتادة عن عقبة بن عبد الغافر عن أبي سعيد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم * إن رجلا ممن خلا من الناس رغسه الله مالا وولدا فلما حضره الموت دعا بنيه فقال أي أب كنت لكم قالوا خير أب قال فإنه والله ما ابتأر عند الله خيرا قط فإذا مات فأحرقوه حتى إذا كان فحما فاسحقوه ثم اذروه في يوم عاصف قال وقال نبي الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أخذ مواثيقهم على ذلك وربي ففعلوا وربي لما مات أحرقوه حتى إذا كان فحما سحقوه ثم أذروه في يوم عاصف قال فقال له ربه كن فإذا هو رجل قائم قال له ربه ما حملك على الذي صنعت قال رب خفت عذابك قال فوالذي نفس محمد بيده ما تلافاه عندها أن غفر له قال قتادة رجل خاف عذاب الله فأنجاه الله من مخافته