Sahih Muslim Book - 49, Hadith - 6980

حَدَّثَنِى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقِ ابْنِ بِنْتِ مَهْدِىِّ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِى الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ حَسَنَةً قَطُّ لأَهْلِهِ إِذَا مَاتَ فَحَرِّقُوهُ ثُمَّ اذْرُوا نِصْفَهُ فِى الْبَرِّ وَنِصْفَهُ فِى الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَيُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا لاَ يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَعَلُوا مَا أَمَرَهُمْ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْبَرَّ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ وَأَمَرَ الْبَحْرَ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا قَالَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ. فَغَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ».

It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "A man who had never done any good deed told to his family that when he dies, to burn him then scatter half (of the ashes) on the land and half in the sea, for by Allah, if Allah gets him, He will punish him in a way that He has never punished anyone else. When the man died, they did what he had told them. Then Allah commanded the land to gather together what was in it, and He commanded the sea to gather together what was in it, then He said (to that man): 'Why did you do that?' He said: 'Out of fear of You, O Lord, and You know best.' And Allah forgave him."