Hadeeth Qudsi 32:

On the authority of AbuHurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messengerof Allah   said:

A man sinned greatly againsthimself, and when death came to him he charged his sons, saying: When Ihave died, burn me, then crush me and scatter [my ashes] into the sea,for, by Allah, if my Lord takes possession of me, He will punish me ina manner in which He has punished no one [else]. So they did that tohim. Then He said to the earth: Produce what you have taken-and therehe was! And He said to him: What induced you to do what you did? Hesaid: Being afraid of You, O my Lord (or he said: Being frightened ofYou) and because of that He forgave him.

It was related by Muslim (alsoby al-Bukhari, an-Nasa’i and Ibn Majah).