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[Machine] When death approached him, the mother of the Prophet came to him and said, "Read the peace upon my son." He said to her, "Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'The soul of the believer is a bird that hangs in the trees of Paradise until it is resurrected on the Day of Judgment?'" She said, "Yes, but I got scared."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٣٤حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ كَعْبٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ مُبَشِّرٍ فَقَالَتْ اقْرَأْ عَلَى ابْنِي السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَوَمَا سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «رُوحُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ تَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُبْعَثَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» قَالَتْ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ وَهِلْتُ