Hadith 7102

The Likeness Of The Believer Is That Of A Date Palm

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Darussalam · Volume 7

50. The Book Of The Attributes Of The Hypocrites And The Rulings Concerning Them

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الحديث: 2811 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 2166

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[7102] (...) It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "We were with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ and he said: 'Tell me of a tree which is like a Muslim: Its leaves do not wither.'" Ibrâhîm[1] said: "Perhaps (Imâm) Muslim said: 'It constantly bears fruit.' But I also found that someone else said: 'It does not constantly bear fruit.'" Ibn 'Umar said: "It occurred to me that it was the date palm, but I saw Abû Bakr and 'Umar not saying anything so I did not want to say anything. Then 'Umar said: 'If you had said it, that would be dearer to me than such and such.'"

Arabic text

64 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَخْبِرُونِي بِشَجَرَةٍ شِبْهِ، أَوْ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَتَحَاتُّ وَرَقُهَا» - قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: لَعَلَّ مُسْلِمًا قَالَ: وَتُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا، وَكَذَا وَجَدْتُ عِنْدَ غَيْرِي أَيْضًا، وَلَا تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ. قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمَانِ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ أَقُولَ شَيْئًا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

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[1] Ibrâhîm bin Muḥammad bin Sufyân, who reported the text from Imâm Muslim.