Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2073
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يَبْعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ " .
Translation
Qutaybah narrated to us, from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Kab, who informed him that his father, Kab ibn Malik, used to narrate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, who said: The soul of the believer is a bird among the trees of Paradise until Allah, Mighty and Majestic, sends it back to its body on the Day of Resurrection.