Sahih al-Bukhari 6481

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ mentioned a man from the previous generation or from the people preceding your age whom Allah had given both wealth and children. The Prophet ﷺ said, "When the time of his death approached, he asked his children, 'What type of father have I been to you?' They replied: You have been a good father. He said, 'But he (i.e. your father) has not stored any good deeds with Allah (for the Hereafter): if he should face Allah, Allah will punish him. So listen, (O my children), when I die, burn my body till I become mere coal and then grind it into powder, and when there is a stormy wind, throw me (my ashes) in it.' So he took a firm promise from his children (to follow his instructions). And by Allah they (his sons) did accordingly(fulfilled their promise.) Then Allah said, "Be"' and behold! That man was standing there! Allah then said. "O my slave! What made you do what you did?" That man said, "Fear of You." So Allah forgave him.

Notes

• رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ زَادَ فَأَذْرُونِي فِي الْبَحْرِ أَوْ كَمَا حَدَّثَ وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

  machine translationMay God have mercy on him. Then I narrated it to Abū ʿUthmān, and he said: I heard Salmān, except that he added: "So scatter me in the sea," or as he narrated. And Muʿādh said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Qatādah: I heard ʿUqbah, I heard Abū Saʿīd, from the Prophet ﷺ Report a problem

• فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ زَادَ فَأَذْرُونِي فِي الْبَحْرِ. أَوْ كَمَا حَدَّثَ. وَقَالَ مُعَاذٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، سَمِعْتُ عُقْبَةَ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم

  machine translationThen I narrated it to Abū ʿUthmān, and he said: I heard Salmān, except that he added: "So scatter me in the sea," or as he narrated. And Muʿādh said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Qatādah: I heard ʿUqbah, I heard Abū Saʿīd, from the Prophet ﷺ Report a problem

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Other narrations of this report

Musnad Ahmad 15Sahih Ibn Hibban 6476Sahih Ibn Hibban 6484Sahih Ibn Hibban 651Musnad al-Bazzar 75

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī

   He and his father were Companions (ṣuḥbah).d. 63 AH, or 64 AH, or 65 AH, or 74 AH
   أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّله ولأبيه صحبة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿUqbah b. ʿAbd al-Ghāfir

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 82 AH, or: 83 AH
   عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةُثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Sulaymān b. Ṭarkhān

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 143 AH, or 144 AH
   أَبِيثقة عابد
   سمعت
5. 5
   Muʿtamir

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 186 AH, or: 187 AH, or: 188 AH
   مُعْتَمِرٌثقة
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Mūsā b. Ismāʿīl

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 223 AH, or 226 AH
   مُوسَىثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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