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 thein to do. Allah said: What prompted you to do this? He said: My Lord. Your fear, and Allah did not punish him at all.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2757 a In-book : Book 50, Hadith 31 USC-MSA web (English) : Book 37, Hadith 6640 (deprecated)
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