"إِنَّما نَسَمَةُ المؤمن طائرٌ، يُعَلقُ فِى شَجَرَةِ الجنَّةِ حتى يَبْعَثَه اللَّه على جَسَدِه يومَ بَبْعَثُه (القيامةِ) ".
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Collected by Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá"The soul of the belevier is (like a bird) flying among the trees of Paradise, until Allah, the Mighty and sublime, sends it back to his body on the Day of Resurrection." (Da 'if)
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.”
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Kab ibn Malik al-Ansari told him that his father, Kab ibn Malik, used to relate that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The ruh of the mumin is a bird that sits in the trees of the Garden until Allah returns it to his body on the day He raises him ."
مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَيْرٌ يَعْلَقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said, "The soul of the believer, when they die, is like a bird that hangs onto the tree of paradise until Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, returns it to their body on the day they are resurrected by Allah."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا مَاتَ طَائِرٌ تَعْلَقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ اللهُ
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4271)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللهُتَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4271)
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهَا اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4271)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَيْرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ
ذِكْرُ تَكْوِينِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا نَسَمَةَ الشَّهِيدِ طَائِرًا يَعْلُقُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ إِلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَعَلَا
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4271)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرُدَّهَا اللَّهُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The soul of a believer is like a bird that hangs on to the trees of Paradise until Allah returns it to its body on the day of resurrection."
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَيْرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَهُ اللهُ فِي جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ»
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When a believer dies, a bird attaches itself to the branches of Paradise until Allah returns it to its body on the Day of Resurrection."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ إِذَا مَاتَ طَائِرٌ تَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَهُ اللهُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ»
“The believer’s soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4271)
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللهُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ»