2162 – Muhammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; he said: Aḥmad ibn Saʿīd narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us; he said: Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Isḥāq reported from al-Ḥārith ibn Fuḍayl, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Kaʿb ibn Mālik, from his father, who said:

When death came to Kaʿb, Umm Mubashshir bint al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr visited him and said, “Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, if you meet my son So-and-so, convey my greetings of peace to him.” He replied, “May Allah forgive you, Umm Mubashshir; we have graver concerns than that.” She said, “Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, have you not heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, ‘The souls of the believers are in green birds that perch in the trees of Paradise’?” He answered, “Indeed.” She said, “Then that is how it will be.”