This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of wording.
Read More..Ka'b reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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).
Read More..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.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated through a couple of other chains of transmitters, one which says the similitude of the disbeliever instead and another which agrees with the wording of the previous hadith.
Read More..Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves of which do not wither and that is like a Muslim; tell me which that (tree) can be? The people began to think of the trees of the forest. Abdullah said: I thought that it could be the date-palm tree, but I felt hesitant (to say that). They (the Companions) then said: Allah's Messenger, (kindly) tell us which that can be? Thereupon he said: It is the date-palm tree. I made a mention of that to 'Umar, whereupon he said: Had you said that it meant the date-palin tree, this statement of yours (would have been dearer to me) than such and such things.
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