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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: 2164

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[7098] 63 - (2811) 'Abdullâh bin 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Among the trees is one whose leaves do not fall, and it is like the Muslim. Tell me what it is.' The people started to name trees of the desert." 'Abdullâh said: "It occurred to me that it was the date palm, but I felt too shy (to speak). Then they said: 'Tell us what it is, O Messenger of Allâh.' He said: 'It is the date palm.' "I mentioned that to 'Umar and he said: 'If you had said, "it is the date palm," that would have been dearer to me than such and such."

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63 - (2811) حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ - وَاللَّفْظُ لِيَحْيَى - قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً لَا يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا، وَإِنَّهَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ، فَحَدِّثُونِي مَا هِيَ؟» فَوَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي شَجَرِ الْبَوَادِي، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ، ثُمَّ قَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا مَا هِيَ؟ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ: «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ» قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِعُمَرَ، قَالَ: لَأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

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