Sub-Chapter (Baab)

Sahih Al Bukhari 72

((Imām Bukhārī narrates) that) 'Alī narrated to us, he said: Sufyān narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abī Najīh said to me, from Mujāhid, he said:

I remained with Ibn 'Umar, may Allāh be pleased with them both, up to Madīnah. I heard from him only one hadith of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ. He said: We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ when the gum of the date-palm tree was brought to him, which resembles fat. He said: Among the trees there is a tree which resembles the Muslim. It came into my heart that I should say that it is the date-palm tree, but I was the youngest among those present, so I remained silent. The Prophet ﷺ said: It is the date-palm tree.

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي ابْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ

صَحِبْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَمْ أَسْمَعْهُ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَّا حَدِيثًا وَاحِدًا، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأُتِيَ بِجُمَّارٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً مَثَلُهَا كَمَثَلِ الْمُسْلِمِ. فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا أَصْغَرُ الْقَوْمِ، فَسَكَتُّ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ.

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Reference: Sahih Al Bukhari 72