موطا امام مالك رواية ابن القاسم
Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Ibn al-Qasim)
Issues of Funeral Prayer
Punishment of the grave is true
Hadith 226
337- وبه: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: ”قال رجل لم يعمل حسنة قط لأهله: إذا هو مات فأحرقوه، ثم اذروا نصفه فى البر ونصفه فى البحر؛ فوالله، لئن قدر الله عليه ليعذبنه عذابا لا يعذبه أحدا من العالمين. فلما مات الرجل فعلوا ما أمرهم فأمر الله البر فجمع ما فيه، وأمر البحر فجمع ما فيه، ثم قال: لم فعلت هذا؟ فقال: من خشيتك يا رب، وأنت أعلم، قال: فغفر الله له.“
And with this same chain (it is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "A man who had never done any good deed said to his family: If he dies, burn him, then scatter half of his ashes on land and half in the sea, because if Allah were to be strict (in questioning) with him, He would punish him with a torment that He has not inflicted on any of His creation. Then when that man died, they did as he had commanded them. Then Allah commanded the land, so it gathered together the particles of that man, and He commanded the sea, so it (also) gathered together the particles of that man. Then Allah said: Why did you do this? He said: O Lord! You know that I did this out of fear of You. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: So Allah forgave him."
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