Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَعْنِي أَنَّ أَرْوَاحَ الشُّهَدَاءِ فِي طَائِرٍ خُضْرٍ تَعْلُقُ مِنْ ثَمَرِ الْجَنَّةِ وَقُرِئَ عَلَى سُفْيَانَ نَسَمَةٌ تَعْلُقُ فِي ثَمَرَةٍ أَوْ شَجَرِ الْجَنَّةِ.
English Translation
Sufyan narrated to us, from Amr, from al-Zuhri, from Ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, from his father, tracing it back to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that the souls of the martyrs are in green birds that graze from the fruit of Paradise - and it was read to Sufyan as: a soul that grazes upon a fruit or tree of Paradise.