Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:10611 حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ ثنا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ الْحَبَّةَ مِنَ الرُّمَّانِ فَيَأْكُلُهَا قِيلَ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لِمَ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ «إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الْأَرْضِ رُمَّانَةٌ تُلْقَحُ إِلَّا بِحَبَّةٍ مِنْ حَبِّ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَعَلَّهَا هَذِهِ»
English Translation
It was reported that Ibn Abbas used to pick up a single seed from a pomegranate and eat it. He was asked: "O Ibn Abbas, why do you do this?" He said: "I was informed that there is no pomegranate on earth that is pollinated except with a seed from the pomegranates of Paradise. Perhaps this is that one."