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(1). 3119. Anas bin Mālik said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was brought a dish with unripe dates on
it. He said: The parable of a goodly word is that of a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky.[1] And he said: 'It is the date-palm.' And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of the earth, having no stability.[2] He said: 'It is the colocynth tree.'" (Sahīh)
He (Shu'aib, one of the narrators) said: "I informed Abū Al-'Āliyah of that. He said: 'He told the truth and very well.'"
(2). (Another chain) from Anas bin Mālik with similar in meaning, but he did not narrate it in Marfū' form, and he did not mention the saying of Abū Al-'Āliyah in it. And this is more correct than the narration of Ḥammad bin Salamah. More than one narrator reported similarly in Mawqūf form. (Sahīh)
We do not know of anyone who narrated it in Marfū' form other than Ḥammad bin Salamah. Mā'mar, Ḥammad bin Zaid, and others reported it, and they did not narrate it in Marfū' form.
(3). (Another chain) from Anas bin Mālik similar to the narration of 'Abdullāh Abū Bakr bin Shu'aib bin Al-Habḥāb, and he did not narrate it in Marfū' form. (Sahīh)
[1] Ibrāhīm 14:25.
[2] Ibrāhīm 14:26.
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Footnotes
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[1] Ar-Ra'd 13:4.
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[2] Referring to different kinds of dates.
Commentary
A good word (the word of Tawḥīd) is such an utterance, it has its roots planted profoundly in human nature and intellect; also it is the most valuable and most important thing to Allāh. So it gets nourishment and power from inside human nature as well as the thriving nourishment from Allāh Almighty; due to which it remains ever-fresh and glowing in the heart, its blessings are perpetual and everlasting. Contrary to the aforementioned, the evil word (word of polytheism) has no ground, neither in the intellect and nature nor in the religion revealed by Allāh Almighty. If strong men of strong Faith exist to uproot it, they will uproot it very easily, otherwise it grows everywhere like wild harmful shrubs.
