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(Book 16, Hadith 52) #35623
Fear of Allah Leads to Forgiveness

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man who asked his family to burn and scatter his body after he died, out of fear of Allah. Allah then asked him why he did this and the man replied out of fear for Him. In the end, Allah forgave him.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "A man said to his family that he had never done a good action, and that when he died they were to burn him and then scatter half of him on the land and half of him on the sea, and by Allah, if Allah destined it for him He would punish him with a punishment which He had not punished anyone else with in all the worlds. When the man died, they did as he had told them. Then Allah told the land to collect everything that was in it, and told the sea to collect everything that was in it, and then He said to the man, 'Why did you do this?' and he said, 'From fear of You, Lord, and You know best'. " Abu Hurayra added, "And He forgave him".
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ ‏ "‏ قَالَ رَجُلٌ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ حَسَنَةً قَطُّ لأَهْلِهِ إِذَا مَاتَ فَحَرِّقُوهُ ثُمَّ اذْرُوا نِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَنِصْفَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ قَدَرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَيُعَذِّبَنَّهُ عَذَابًا لاَ يُعَذِّبُهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْعَالَمِينَ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَعَلُوا مَا أَمَرَهُمْ بِهِ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْبَرَّ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ وَأَمَرَ الْبَحْرَ فَجَمَعَ مَا فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا قَالَ مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ يَا رَبِّ وَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَغَفَرَ لَهُ
TOPICS
fear  *  forgiveness  *  punishment  *  land  *  sea  *  khawf  *  afw  *  auqab  *  ardh  *  bahr

QUICK LESSONS:
Have true repentance & respect for Gods power & authority .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith tells us that if we have true fear for Allah, He will forgive us our sins. It is narrated by Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah said, "A man said to his family that he had never done a good action, and that when he died they were to burn him and then scatter half of him on the land and half of him on the sea." This shows how much this man feared God's punishment even though he hadn't done any good deeds in life. Then it says "Allah told the land to collect everything that was in it, and told the sea to collect everything that was in it," showing how powerful God is over all things. Finally it says "He said to the man 'Why did you do this?' And he said 'From fear of You Lord,' and You know best.' And He forgave him." This shows us how if we truly have fear for God's punishment He will forgive us our sins no matter what they are or how bad they are.

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