Sahih al-Bukhari 6122

Translation

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The example of a believer is like a green tree, the leaves of which do not fall." The people said. "It is such-and-such tree: It is such-and-such tree." I intended to say that it was the datepalm tree, but I was a young boy and felt shy (to answer). The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is the date-palm tree." Ibn ʿUmar added, " I told that to ʿUmar who said, 'Had you said it, I would have preferred it to such-and such a thing."

Notes

• وَعَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ مِثْلَهُ وَزَادَ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتَ قُلْتَهَا لَكَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 2811cal-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13544al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13557al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 2919al-Mu'jam al-Saghir 579

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

   One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثر
   سمعت
2. 2
   Muḥārib b. Dithār

   trustworthy (thiqah), imam, asceticd. 116 AH
   مُحَارِبُ بْنُ دِثَارٍثقة ، إمام زاهد
   حدثنا
3. 3
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Ādam

   trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 220 AH, also said: 221 AH
   آدَمُثقة عابد
   حدثنا
5. 5
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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