حَدَّثَنَا
إِسْحَاق بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَالِكٌ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ
ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً لَا يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا ، وَهِيَ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ ، حَدِّثُونِي مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : فَوَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي شَجَرِ الْبَوَادِي ، وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ ، فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ : فَحَدَّثْتُ عُمَرَ بِالَّذِي وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي ، فَقَالَ : لَأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا " ، قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ، وَفِي الْبَابِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ .
´Narrated Ibn 'Umar:` that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed there is a tree that does not shed its foilage, and it is is similar to the believer. Can any of you tell me what it is?" 'Abdullah said: "The people started thinking about the trees of the desert. And it occurred to me that it may be the date-palm." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "It is the date-palm." But I was shy - meaning to say anything." 'Abdullah said: "So I informed 'Umar about what I had thought of, and he said: 'If you had said it, that would be more beloved to me than this or that.'"