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Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A man who had never done any good deed (or in another narration: 'A man who had sinned excessively') said to his sons at the time of his death: 'When I die, burn me, then scatter half my ashes on land and half in the sea. By Allah, if Allah has power over me, He will punish me as no one else in the worlds has been punished.' When he died, they did as he instructed. Allah commanded the sea to gather what was in it and the land to gather what was on it. Then He asked him: 'Why did you do this?' He replied: 'Out of fear of You, and You know best.' So Allah forgave him."
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 7506 (unverified) 98% confidence · Validation similarity: 0.794
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2756a (unverified) 97% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.