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ahmad:8040Abū Kāmil > Ḥammād > Thābit > Abū Rāfiʿ > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ, and others including Al-Hasan and Ibn Sireen, that the Prophet ﷺ said, "There was a man among those who came before you who had never done any good deeds except for believing in the Oneness of Allah. When he was about to die, he said to his family, 'When I die, burn my body until it turns into ashes, then grind it into powder, and scatter it on a windy day.' After he died, they did as he had instructed. Then, Allah held his remains in His hand and said to him, 'O son of Adam, what made you do what you did?' He replied, 'O Lord, it was out of fear of You.' Allah forgave him because of that, even though he had never done any good deeds except for believing in the Oneness of Allah."  

أحمد:٨٠٤٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ إِلَّا التَّوْحِيدَ فَلَمَّا احْتُضِرَ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ انْظُرُوا إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ أَنْ يُحْرِقُوهُ حَتَّى يَدَعُوهُ حُمَمًا ثُمَّ اطْحَنُوهُ ثُمَّ اذْرُوهُ فِي يَوْمٍ راحٍ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ بِهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ فِي قَبْضَةِ اللهِ فَقَالَ اللهُ ﷻ يَا ابْنَ آدَمَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ؟ قَالَ أَيْ رَبِّ مِنْ مَخَافَتِكَ قَالَ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ خَيْرًا قَطُّ إِلَّا التَّوْحِيدَ  


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ahmad:3785Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿĀṣim b. Bahdalah > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] A man who never did any good except monotheism. So, when death approached him, he said to his family, "When I die, take me and burn me until you turn me into ashes. Then grind me, and scatter me into the sea on a windy day." He said, "They did that to him." He said, "Then he was in Allah's grip." Allah said to him, "What compelled you to do what you did?" He said, "Out of fear of you." Allah forgave him.  

أحمد:٣٧٨٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا لَمْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا التَّوْحِيدَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَخُذُونِيوَاحْرُقُونِي حَتَّى تَدَعُونِي حُمَمَةً ثُمَّ اطْحَنُونِي ثُمَّ اذْرُونِي فِي الْبَحْرِ فِي يَوْمٍ رَاحٍ قَالَ فَفَعَلُوا بِهِ ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَإِذَا هُوَ فِي قَبْضَةِ اللهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللهُ ﷻ لَهُ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ قَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ قَالَ فَغَفَرَ اللهُ لَهُ