English narration
Narrated by عبد الله بن عمر العدوي
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Inform me of a tree which resembles a Muslim, giving its fruits at every season by the permission of its Lord, and the leaves of which do not fall." I thought of the date-palm tree, but I disliked to speak because Abu Bakr and `Umar were present there. When nobody spoke, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is the date-palm tree" When I came out with my father, I said, "O father! It came to my mind that it was the date-palm tree." He said, "What prevented you from saying it?" Had you said it, it would have been more dearer to me than such-and-such a thing (fortune)." I said, "Nothing prevented me but the fact that neither you nor Abu Bakr spoke, so I disliked to speak (in your presence).
النص العربي
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "
أَخْبِرُونِي بِشَجَرَةٍ مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَلَا تَحُتُّ وَرَقَهَا ، فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ ، وَثَمَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَتَكَلَّمَا ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :
" هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ " فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ مَعَ أَبِي قُلْتُ : يَا أَبَتَاهُ وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ ، قَالَ : مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَقُولَهَا ؟ لَوْ كُنْتَ قُلْتَهَا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، قَالَ : مَا مَنَعَنِي إِلَّا أَنِّي لَمْ أَرَكَ وَلَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ تَكَلَّمْتُمَا فَكَرِهْتُ .