حَدَّثَنَا
آدَمُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَارِبُ بْنُ دِثَارٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ
ابْنَ عُمَرَ ، يَقُولُ : قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ لَا يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا وَلَا يَتَحَاتُّ " ، فَقَالَ الْقَوْمُ : هِيَ شَجَرَةُ كَذَا هِيَ شَجَرَةُ كَذَا ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ ، فَقَالَ : " هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ " وَعَنْ
شُعْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ
حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، مِثْلَهُ . وَزَادَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ عُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : لَوْ كُنْتَ قُلْتَهَا لَكَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا .
Narrated Ibn `Umar: The Prophet said, "The example of a believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not fall." The people said. "It is such-and-such tree: It is such-and-such tree." I intended to say that it was the datepalm tree, but I was a young boy and felt shy (to answer). The Prophet said, "It is the date-palm tree." Ibn `Umar added, " I told that to `Umar who said, 'Had you said it, I would have preferred it to such-and such a thing."