Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ أَنَّ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَيْرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ حَتَّى يُرْجِعَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُ.
English Translation
Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Abbas told us: Abu Uways told us, saying: Al-Zuhri [said]: Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah al-Ansari informed me that Ka'b ibn Malik used to relate that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The soul of the believer is only a bird that feeds among the trees of Paradise, until Allah, Exalted, returns it to its body on the day He resurrects it."