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 7102 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " أَخْبِرُونِي بِشَجَرَةٍ شِبْهِ أَوْ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَتَحَاتُّ وَرَقُهَا ؟ " ، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ : لَعَلَّ مُسْلِمًا ، قَالَ : وَتُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا وَكَذَا ، وَجَدْتُ عِنْدَ غَيْرِي أَيْضًا وَلَا تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ ، قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ : فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمَانِ ، فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ أَوْ أَقُولَ شَيْئًا ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ : لَأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا .
Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported: We were in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he said: Tell me of a tree which has resemblance to a Muslim and the leaves of which do not wither. Ibrahim said that perhaps Imam Muslim had stated like this: It constantly bears fruit but I have, however, seen [It does not bear fruit constantly]. Ibn 'Umar (RA) said: It crossed my mind that it could be the date-palm tree, but as I saw Aba Bakr and Umar observe silence, I did not deem it fit that I should speak or I should say something. 'Umar said: Had you said so, it would have been dearer to me than such and such thing.
