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ahmad:27166 – Sufyān > ʿAmr > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abīh Yablugh Bih

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ means that the souls of the martyrs are attached to a green bird flying from the fruits of paradise. It was also narrated that a breeze is attached to Sufyan in a fruit or tree of paradise.  

أحمد:٢٧١٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ

النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَعْنِي أَنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي طَائِرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ الْجَنَّةِ وَقُرِئَ عَلَى سُفْيَانَ نَسَمَةٌ تَعْلُقُ فِي ثَمَرَةٍ أَوْ شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ  

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tirmidhi:1641 – Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

From his father that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The souls of the martyrs are in green birds, suspended from the fruit of Paradise, or the trees of Paradise."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٦٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ مِنْ ثَمَرَةِ الْجَنَّةِ أَوْ شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ  

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