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.
Read More..Ibn Umar reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) one day said to his Companions: Tell me about a tree which has resemblance with a believer. The people began to mention (different) trees of the forest. Ibn 'Umar said: It was instilled in my mind or in my heart and it stuck therein that it implied the date- palm tree. I made up my mind to make a mention of that but could not do that because of the presence of the elderly people there. When there was a hush amongst them (after they had expressed their views), Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: It Is the date-palm tree.
Read More..Mujahid said: (I have had the privilege) of accompanying Ibn 'Umar up to Medina but I did not hear him narrate anything from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) except one hadith. And he said: We were in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that there was brought to him the kernel of a date. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Read More..Mujahid reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar as saying: There was brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the kernel. The rest of the hadith is tile same.
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