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tabarani:16230 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik

[Machine] "A mother gave glad tidings to Ka'ab when he attended. She said, 'Read upon my son peace, meaning glad tidings.' So Ka'ab said, 'May Allah forgive you, O mother of glad tidings. Haven't you heard what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said? He said, 'Verily, the soul of a believer is suspended in a bird until Allah returns it to its body on the Day of Resurrection.' So she said, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah.'"  

الطبراني:١٦٢٣٠ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ

أُمُّ مُبَشِّرٍ لِكَعْبٍ حِينَ حَضَرَ اقْرَأْ عَلَى ابْنِي السَّلَامَ تَعْنِي مُبَشِّرًا فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَكِ يَا أُمَّ مُبَشِّرٍ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «إِنَّ» نَسَمَةَ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي طَيْرٍ تُعْلَّقُ فِي شَجَرِِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَهُ اللهُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَتْ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ  

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ahmad:15776 – ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > Um Mubashhir Likaʿb b. Mālik / Shāk Āqraʾ > Āb.ī al-Salām Taʿnī Mubashhir

[Machine] Allah will forgive you, O mother of good tidings. Have you not heard what the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: "The soul of a Muslim is like a bird attached to the tree of Paradise until Allah returns it to its body on the Day of Resurrection." She said: "You have spoken the truth, so I seek forgiveness from Allah."  

أحمد:١٥٧٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ أُمُّ مُبَشِّرٍ لِكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَهُوَ شَاكٍ اقْرَأْ عَلَى ابْنِي السَّلَامَ تَعْنِي مُبَشِّرًا فَقَالَ

يَغْفِرُ اللهُ لَكِ يَا أُمَّ مُبَشِّرٍ أَوَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُسْلِمِ طَيْرٌ تَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهَا اللهُ ﷻ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَتْ صَدَقْتَ فَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ