(54) باب
Narrated Rabi` bin Hirash:
`Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you narrate to us what you heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ?" Hudhaifa said, "I heard him saying, 'Death approached a man and when he had no hope of surviving, he said to his family, 'When I die, gather for me much wood and build a fire (to burn me),. When the fire has eaten my flesh and reached my bones, take the bones and grind them and scatter the resulting powder in the sea on a hot (or windy) day.' (That was done.) But Allah collected his particles and asked (him), 'Why did you do so?' He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allah forgave him."Narrated `Abdu Malik:As above, saying, "On a windy day."
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 3479
In-book reference: Book 60, Hadith 146
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 685