صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب البر والإحسانBook of Righteousness and Goodness
باب حسن الخلق - ذكر الإخبار عن تشبيه المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم الكلمة الطيبة بالنخلة والخبيثة بالحنظل
Chapter on Good Character – The Prophet likened a good word to a palm tree and a bad word to colocynth.
Hadith 475
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحَبْحَابِ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ : أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أُتِيَ بِقِنَاعِ جَزْءٍ ، فقَالَ : مَثَلا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا سورة إبراهيم آية 25 - 25 ، فقَالَ : " هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ " ، وَمَثلُ كَلِمَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ كَشَجَرَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ اجْتُثَّتْ مِنْ فَوْقِ الأَرْضِ مَا لَهَا مِنْ قَرَارٍ سورة إبراهيم آية 26 قَالَ : " هِيَ الْحَنْظَلَةُ " قَالَ شُعَيْبٌ : فَأَخْبَرْتُ بِذَلِكَ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ ، فقَالَ : كَذَلِكَ كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ ، قَالَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ : قَوْلُ أَنَسٍ إِنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِقِنَاعِ جَزْءٍ أَرَادَ بِهِ طَبَقَ رُطَبٍ لأَنَّ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ يُسَمُّونَ الطَّبَقَ الْقِنَاعَ ، وَالرُّطَبَ الْجَزْءَ .
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A tray of dates was presented to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he recited this verse: "The example of a good word is like a good tree, whose root is firm and its branches are high. It gives its fruit every season by the permission of its Lord." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This refers to the date palm tree. (Then he recited this verse:) "The example of a bad word is like a bad tree, which is uprooted from the surface of the earth and has no stability." He said: This refers to the colocynth (bitter apple) tree. A man named Shu'ayb says: I related this to Abu'l-‘Aliyah, and he said: We have also heard it in this way. (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The words of Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), "They brought a qina‘ juz’ to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)," refer to a tray of dates, because the people of Madinah use the word "qina‘" for a tray, and the word "juz’" for dates.
