At a glance
«أسرف رجل على نفسه فلما حضره الموت أوصى بنيه فقال إذا أنا مت فأحرقوني ثم اسحقوني ثم اذروني في الريح في البحر فوالله لئن قدر على ربي ليعذبني عذابا ما عذبه به أحدا . قال ففعلوا ذلك به فقال للأرض …»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
- Mentions
- Muhammad· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
People and things also explored
Angels alternate among you by night and by day· The angels boast of you· The angels say: My Lord, that is Your servant who intends an evil deed — You know him best· Roaming angels seek out gatherings of remembrance· Were it not for your sins the angels would visit you in your houses· The shayatin came to them and turned them from their religion· Abu Dawud 430 — I made five prayers obligatory on your community and made a covenant· Abu Dawud 821 — I have divided the prayer between Myself and My servant in two halves
Sources
- Sahih Muslim
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muslim 2756b — The man who told his sons to burn his body for fear of God”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muslim-2756b/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-10.
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