The Grave And Disintegration (Of The Body)
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4271 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1428
Source no. 4271 · Volume 9 · Page 271
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صحيح، الصحيحة (٩٩٥) ، التعليق الرغيب (٢ / ١٩٢) ، تخريج الطحاوية (٥٣٩)
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4271. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmân bin Ka'b Al-Ansâri that his father used to narrate that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "The believer's soul is a bird that eats from the trees of Paradise, until it will be returned to his body on the Day when he is resurrected." (Da'if)
4271 - حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «إِنَّمَا نَسَمَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ طَائِرٌ يَعْلُقُ فِي شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ، حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُ»
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It is mentioned in the previous Hadith that a dead person receives air from Paradise or Hell in his grave. This Hadith proves that he will eat the fruits of Paradise in the form of a bird. Probably, this difference may be based on the ranks of the believers; some of them get the bliss of Paradise in their graves while some others enter Paradise as the same matter is reported about martyrs.