صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب صفة القيامة والجنة والنار
Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell
باب مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَالزَّرْعِ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ كَشَجَرِ الأَرْزِ:
Chapter: The Believer Is Like A Plant And The Hypocrite And The Disbeliever Are Like Cedars
Hadith 2810
This hadith is listed as number 7094 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفِيئُهَا الرِّيحُ تَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى تَهِيجَ ، وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ كَمَثَلِ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا لَا يُفِيئُهَا شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً " .
Ka'b reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. The similitude of a non-believer is that of a cypress tree which stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted (with) one (violent stroke).
