حَدَّثَنَا
عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ
يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ ، عَنْ
عَامِرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْبُكَالِيِّ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ
عُتْبَةَ بْنَ عَبْدٍ السُّلَمِيِّ ، يَقُولُ : جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْحَوْضِ ، وَذَكَرَ الْجَنَّةَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ : فِيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ ؟ قَالَ : " نَعَمْ ،
وَفِيهَا شَجَرَةٌ تُدْعَى طُوبَى " ، فَذَكَرَ شَيْئًا لَا أَدْرِي مَا هُوَ ؟ قَالَ : أَيُّ شَجَرِ أَرْضِنَا تُشْبِهُ ؟ قَالَ : " لَيْسَتْ تُشْبِهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ شَجَرِ أَرْضِكَ " . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " أَتَيْتَ الشَّامَ " ؟ فَقَالَ : لَا . قَالَ : " تُشْبِهُ شَجَرَةً بِالشَّامِ تُدْعَى الْجَوْزَةُ ، تَنْبُتُ عَلَى سَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ وَيَنْفَرِشُ أَعْلَاهَا " . قَالَ : مَا عِظَمُ أَصْلِهَا ؟ قَالَ : " لَوْ ارْتَحَلَتَ جَذَعَةً مِنْ إِبِلِ أَهْلِكَ مَا أَحَطْتَ بِأَصْلِهَا حَتَّى تَنْكَسِرَ تَرْقُوَتُهَا هَرَمًا " . قَالَ : فِيهَا عِنَبٌ ؟ قَالَ : " نَعَمْ " . قَالَ : فَمَا عِظَمُ الْعُنْقُودِ ؟ قَالَ : " مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ لِلْغُرَابِ الْأَبْقَعِ وَلَا يَفْتُرُ . قَالَ : فَمَا عِظَمُ الْحَبَّةِ ؟ قَالَ : " هَلْ ذَبَحَ أَبُوكَ تَيْسًا مِنْ غَنَمِهِ قَطُّ عَظِيمًا ؟ " قَالَ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " فَسَلَخَ إِهَابَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ أُمَّكَ ، قَالَ : اتَّخِذِي لَنَا مِنْهُ دَلْوًا ؟ " قَالَ : نَعَمْ . قَالَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ : فَإِنَّ تِلْكَ الْحَبَّةَ لَتُشْبِعُنِي وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِي ؟ قَالَ : " نَعَمْ وَعَامَّةَ عَشِيرَتِكَ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a Bedouin came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and began asking questions about the Pond of Kawthar and Paradise. Then he asked, "Will there be fruits in Paradise?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes! And there will also be a tree named Tuba there." He asked, "To which tree on earth can you compare it?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "There is no tree on your earth that can be compared to it." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him, "Have you ever been to Syria?" He said, "No." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There is a tree similar to it in Syria, which is called the walnut tree. It stands on a vine and spreads out from above." He asked, "How thick is its root?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "If a young camel from your household sets out, it will not be able to circle its root until its bones begin to creak from old age." (This refers to the tree of Paradise.) The Bedouin asked, "Will there be grapes in Paradise?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes!" He asked, "How thick will its clusters be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "As much as the distance a speckled crow flies continuously for a month without stopping." He asked, "How thick will one grape be?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Has your father ever slaughtered a very large ram from among his goats?" He said, "Yes!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Then did he skin it and give the skin to your mother and say, 'Make a bucket out of it'?" He said, "Yes!" Then he said, "In that case, a single grape will suffice for me and all my family." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied, "Yes! And it will suffice for all your family members as well."