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tabarani:16294[Chain 1] ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Saʿīd b. Abū Maryam > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī > Sufyān [Chain 2] Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Sufyān al-Thawrī > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of the believer is like that of the crop that is swayed by the wind, at times it leans and at times it stands straight. And the example of the disbeliever is like that of a palm tree that remains firm on its roots until it becomes completely dry."  

الطبراني:١٦٢٩٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا سُفْيَانُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي سَعْدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مِثْلُ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفَيِّئُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تَعْدِلُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَصْرَعُهَا أُخْرَى وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ مِثْلَ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِبَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِفَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً»  


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muslim:2810aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And Muḥammad b. Bishr > Zakariyyāʾ b. Abū Zāʾidah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik > Abīh Kaʿb

Ka'b reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. The similitude of a non-believer is that of a cypress tree which stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted (with) one (violent stroke).  

مسلم:٢٨١٠aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّاءُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفِيئُهَا الرِّيحُ وَتَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى تَهِيجَ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ كَمَثَلِ الأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا لاَ يُفِيئُهَا شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً  

muslim:2810bZuhayr b. Ḥarb > Bishr b. al-Sarī And ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop. The wind sometimes shakes it and sometimes raises it up and then it comes to its destined end. And the similitude of a hypocrite is that of a cypress tree which is not affected by anything but is uprooted once for all.  

مسلم:٢٨١٠bحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفِيئُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ مَثَلُ الأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ الَّتِي لاَ يُصِيبُهَا شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً  

ahmad:15769ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Saʿd > ʿAbdullāh or ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Kaʿb b. Mālik > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shak / Sufyān from his father

[Machine] "Abdulrahman doubted that it was Sufyan reporting from his father. He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'The example of a believer is like a plant that is shaken by the wind and then straightens up again. The example of a disbeliever is like a huge tree that stands firmly, unaffected by anything, until it is uprooted in one go.' Abdulrahman's doubt was correct."  

أحمد:١٥٧٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَوْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ هُوَ شَكَّ يَعْنِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُقِيمُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تَعْدِلُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَصْرَعُهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ مَثَلُ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا لَا يُعِلُّهَا شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِحَافُهَا يَخْتَلِعُهَا أَوْ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً شَكَّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ  

ahmad:27171Yazīd And ʾAbū al-Naḍr > al-Masʿūdī > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > Ibn Kaʿb b. Mālik from his father

Ka'b reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. The similitude of a non-believer is that of a cypress tree which stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted (with) one (violent stroke). (Using translation from Muslim 2810a)   

أحمد:٢٧١٧١حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ وَأَبُو النَّضْرِ قَالَا أَنَا الْمَسْعُودِيُّ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ ابْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَالْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفَيِّئُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ مَثَلُ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا لَا يُقِلُّهَا شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً  

darimi:2791Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbdullāh b. Kaʿb > Abīh Kaʿb b. Mālik

Ka'b reported that Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. The similitude of a non-believer is that of a cypress tree which stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted (with) one (violent stroke). (Using translation from Muslim 2810a)   

الدارمي:٢٧٩١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ مَثَلُ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفَيِّئُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تُعَدِّلُهَا مَرَّةً وَتُضْجِعُهَا أُخْرَى حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ الْمَوْتُ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ كَمَثَلِ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَى أَصْلِهَا لَا يُصِيبُهَا شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد الْخَامَةُ الضَّعِيفُ  

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السيوطي:١٩٩٠٠a

"مثَلُ المؤْمِن كمثلِ الخَامة مِن الزرْعِ تَفيئُها الرِّياحُ تَعْدِلُهَا مرَّةً وتُقِيمُها أخْرى حتَّى يأتِيَه أَجلُهُ، ومثَلُ الكَافِرِ كَمثَلِ الأَرْزَةِ الْمُجذِية علَى أَصلِهَا لا يقِيمهَا حتى يكُونَ انجعافُهَا (*) مرةً واحِدةً".  

[م] مسلم [خ] البخاري [د] أبو داود [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة الرامهرمزى (* *) في الأمثال عن كعب بن مالك
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السيوطي:١٩٨٠٥a

"مَثَلُ الْمُؤمِن كَالْخَامة (*) مِن الزَّرع، تُفَيِّئهَا الرَّيحُ مرَّةً، وتَعْدلُهَا أُخْري (* *) ومثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ، كالأرْزَةِ لَا تَزَالُ حَتَّى يكُونَ انْجعَافُهَا مَرَّةً واحِدةً".  

[حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم عن كعب بن مالك