صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب صفة القيامة والجنة والنار
Characteristics of the Day of Judgment, Paradise, and Hell
باب مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ النَّخْلَةِ:
Chapter: The Likeness Of The Believer Is That Of A Date Palm
Hadith 2811
This hadith is listed as number 7099 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْغُبَرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ الضُّبَعِيِّ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا لِأَصْحَابِهِ : " أَخْبِرُونِي عَنْ شَجَرَةٍ مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ ؟ " ، فَجَعَلَ الْقَوْمُ يَذْكُرُونَ شَجَرًا مِنْ شَجَرِ الْبَوَادِي ، قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : وَأُلْقِيَ فِي نَفْسِي أَوْ رُوعِيَ أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ ، فَجَعَلْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقُولَهَا ، فَإِذَا أَسْنَانُ الْقَوْمِ ، فَأَهَابُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ فَلَمَّا سَكَتُوا ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ " ،
Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) one day said to his Companions: Tell me about a tree which has resemblance with a believer. The people began to mention (different) trees of the forest. Ibn 'Umar said: It was instilled in my mind or in my heart and it stuck therein that it implied the date-palm tree. I made up my mind to make a mention of that but could not do that because of the presence of the elderly people there. When there was a hush amongst them (after they had expressed their views), Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: It is the date-palm tree.
