صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب التوبة
The Book of Repentance
باب فِي سَعَةِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَأَنَّهَا سَبَقَتْ غَضَبَهُ:
Chapter: The Vastaess Of Allah's Mercy, Which Prevails Over His Wrath
Hadith 2757
This hadith is listed as number 6984 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، سَمِعَ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْغَافِرِ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَنَّ رَجُلًا فِيمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ رَاشَهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا ، فَقَالَ لِوَلَدِهِ : لَتَفْعَلُنَّ مَا آمُرُكُمْ بِهِ أَوْ لَأُوَلِّيَنَّ مِيرَاثِي غَيْرَكُمْ إِذَا أَنَا مُتُّ ، فَأَحْرِقُونِي وَأَكْثَرُ عِلْمِي ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : ثُمَّ اسْحَقُونِي وَاذْرُونِي فِي الرِّيحِ ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَبْتَهِرْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَيْرًا ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيَّ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَنِي ، قَالَ : فَأَخَذَ مِنْهُمْ مِيثَاقًا ، فَفَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ بِهِ وَرَبِّي ، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ : مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ ؟ ، فَقَالَ مَخَافَتُكَ ، قَالَ : فَمَا تَلَافَاهُ غَيْرُهَا " ،
Abu Sa'id Khudri reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that a person amongst the earlier nations before you was conferred property and children by Allah, He said to his children: 'You must do as I command you to do, otherwise I will make others besides you as my inheritors. As I die, burn my body and blow my ashes in the wind as I do not find any merit of mine which would please Allah, and if Allah were to take hold of me, He would punish me. He took a pledge from them and they did as he commanded them to do. Allah said: What prompted you to do this? He said: My Lord. Thine fear, and Allah did not punish him at all.
