English translation
3479. Narrated Rib'i bin Hīrāsh: 'Uqba said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you narrate to us what you heard from Allāh'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 Allāh collected his particles and asked (him), 'Why did you do so?' He replied, 'For fear of You.' So Allāh forgave him." Narrated 'Abdul Malik as above, saying, "On a windy day."