Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "If I were made to stand between Paradise and Hell and it were said to me: Choose, we give you the option of whichever of the two you like more, or that you become ashes, I would prefer to become ashes."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8503