Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4081 — The merits of Abu Dharr

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that, expressing his wish (in view of the reckoning of the Hereafter and the intensity of the fear of Allah), he said: "My wish is: if only I were a tree that would be cut down and finished off (and nothing of my existence would remain, so that I would not have to face the reckoning)."
Imam Musaddad (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this athar (report) in his Musnad, and all the narrators of its chain are reliable and thiqat (trustworthy).