Narrated Rabi bin Hirash:`Uqba bin `Amr said to Hudhaifa, "Won't you relate to us of what you have heard from Allah's Apostle ?" He said, "I heard him saying, "When Al-Dajjal appears, he will have fire and water along with him. What the people will consider as cold water, will be fire that will burn (things). So, if anyone of you comes across this, he should fall in the thing which will appear to him as fire, for in reality, it will be fresh cold water." Hudhaifa added, "I also heard him saying, 'From among the people preceding your generation, there was a man whom the angel of death visited to capture his soul. (So his soul was captured) and he was asked if he had done any good deed.' He replied, 'I don't remember any good deed.' He was asked to think it over. He said, 'I do not remember, except that I used to trade with the people in the world and I used to give a respite to the rich and forgive the poor (among my debtors). So Allah made him enter Paradise." Hudhaifa further said, "I also heard him saying, 'Once there was a man on his death-bed, who, losing every hope of surviving said to his family: When I die, gather for me a large heap of wood and make a fire (to burn me). When the fire eats my meat and reaches my bones, and when the bones burn, take and crush them into powder and wait for a windy day to throw it (i.e. the powder) over the sea. They did so, but Allah collected his particles and asked him: Why did you do so? He replied: For fear of You. So Allah forgave him." `Uqba bin `Amr said, "I heard him saying that the Israeli used to dig the grave of the dead (to steal their shrouds).
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3450, 3451, 3452
In-book reference
Book 60, Hadith 120
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 659
Translation by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan · Language: EN
Sahih
It is related that Rib'i ibn Hirash that 'Uqba ibn 'Amr said to Hudhayfa, "Will you not relate to me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" He said, "I heard him say, 'The Dajjal will emerge accompanied by water and fire. What appears to the people as water will in fact be fire that burns, and what appears to the people as fire will in fact be cold water. Anyone among you who meets him, should plunge into what appears to him as fire, for it will in fact be cold water.'" Hudhayfa said, "There was a man in the people before you to whom the angel came to take his soul. He was asked, 'Have you done any good?' He said, 'Not that I know.' He was told, 'Look.' He said, 'I do not know of anything except that I used to sell to people in this world and I would make allowances for them. I would give the wealthy time to pay and make allowances for those in difficulties.' Allah admitted him to the Garden." He said, "I heard him say, "There was a man to whom death came and when he despaired of life, he ordered his family, 'When I am dead, gathered a great pile of firewood for me and kindle it into a fire until it consumes my flesh and reches my bones and burns them. Then take them and pulverise them. Then wait for a windy day and scatter over the sea.' They did that and Allah gathered him and said to him, 'Why did you do that?' He said, 'Out of fear of You.' So Allah forgave him." 'Uqba ibn 'Amr said, "I heard him say that and "he was a grave-robber."
Reference
Sahih al-Bukhari 3450, 3451, 3452
In-book reference
Book 60, Hadith 120
USC-MSA web (English)
Vol. 4, Book 55, Hadith 659
Translation by Aisha Bewley · Language: EN
Sahih