Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُسْلِمِ طَيْرٌ يَعْلُقُ بِشَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ.
English Translation
Uthman ibn Umar told us, saying: Yunus informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'b, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The soul of the Muslim is only a bird that feeds on the trees of Paradise, until Allah, Blessed and Exalted, returns it to its body on the day He resurrects it."