حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ ح و حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُحَارِبِيُّ جَمِيعًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَقَ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ کَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ کَعْبًا الْوَفَاةُ أَتَتْهُ أُمُّ بِشْرٍ بِنْتُ الْبَرَائِ بْنِ مَعْرُورٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنْ لَقِيتَ فُلَانًا فَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ قَالَ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَکِ يَا أُمَّ بِشْرٍ نَحْنُ أَشْغَلُ مِنْ ذَلِکَ قَالَتْ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَمَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي طَيْرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ بَلَی قَالَتْ فَهُوَ ذَاکَ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1449
It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahman bin Ka'b bin Malik, about Ka'b: "When Ka'b was dying, Umm e Bishr bint Bara' bin Ma'rur came to him and said: '0 Abu 'Abdur-Rahmanl If you meet so-and-so, convey Salam to him from me.' He said: 'May Allah forgive you, 0 Umm Bishr! We are too busy to think of that.' She said: '0 Abu' Abdur-Rahman ! Did you not hear the Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H say: "The souls of the believers are in green birds, eating from the trees of Paradise"?' He said: 'Yes.' She said: 'That is what I mean.''' (Da'if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020