Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, a man accepts Islam at my hands and then dies (what is the ruling)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are the person with the greatest right over him, in his life and in his death."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب التاء / 1259