ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَمَّا يُشْبِهُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنَ الْأَشْجَارِ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "Who can tell me about a tree that is similar to a believer? Its roots are firm and its branches are in the sky, constantly bearing fruit with the permission of its Lord?" Abdullah said, "I intended to say that it is the date palm, but my father stopped me." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) then said, "It is the date palm." I mentioned this to my father and he said, "If you had said it, it would have been dearer to me than this and that," pointing to some red camels.  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ يُخْبِرُنِي عَنْ شَجَرَةٍ مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا؟ » قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ فَمَنَعَنِي مَكَانُ أَبِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ» فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ