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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 3937

وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ كَعْبٍ قَالَ : لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ مُبَشِّرٍ فَقَالَتْ : اقْرَأْ عَلَى ابْنِي السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ لَهَا : أَوَمَا سَمِعْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقُولُ : " رُوحُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُبْعَثَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " قَالَتْ : بَلَى وَلَكِنْ ذُهِلْتُ .
قُلْتُ : حَدِيثُ كَعْبٍ فِي الصَّحِيحِ .
رَوَاهُ الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي الْكَبِيرِ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Sayyiduna Abdur-Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports about Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): When the time of his death drew near, Sayyidah Umm Mubashshir (may Allah be pleased with her) came to him and said: "Convey my greetings of peace to my son." Sayyiduna Ka'b said to her: "Have you not heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'The soul of the believer is in the form of a bird, and it hangs on the trees of Paradise until it is raised up again on the Day of Resurrection'?" That woman replied: "Yes, but I had forgotten." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: This hadith of Sayyiduna Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) is mentioned in the Sahih.
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الجنائز / 3937
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