Zayd bin Aslam زيد بن أسلم · The Chapters on Jihad

“Think not of those as dead who are killed in the way of Allah. Nay, they are alive, with their Lord, and they have provision,” that he said: “We asked about that, and (the Prophet (ﷺ)) said: ‘Their souls are like green birds that fly wherever they wish in Paradise, then they come back to lamps suspended from the Throne. While they were like that, your Lord looked at them and said, “Ask me for whatever you want.” They said:…