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[Machine] "The souls of the martyrs are like green birds flying freely in paradise wherever they please, then returning to the lanterns hanging on the Throne."  

الطبراني:٨٩٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ثنا قَيْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ أَبِي قَيْسٍ عَنْ هُزَيْلِ بْنِ شُرَحْبِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«أَرْوَاحُ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي أَجْوَافِ طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَسْرَحُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ شَاءَتْ ثُمَّ تَأْوِي إِلَى قَنَادِيلَ مُعَلَّقَةٍ فِي الْعَرْشِ»