Sahih Ibn Hibban 243
✧ What is mentioned in the qualities of the believers?
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أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقَسْمَلِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
«مَنْ يُخْبِرُنِي عَنْ شَجَرَةٍ مَثَلُهَا مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا؟ » قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ فَمَنَعَنِي مَكَانُ أَبِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ» فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي فَقَالَ لَوْ قُلْتَهَا كَانَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ
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Chain of narrators
- al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb
- Abū ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr
- ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muslim al-Qasmalī
- ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār
- Ibn ʿUmar
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
✧ "Who will tell me about a tree whose likeness is that of the believer: its root is firm and its branches are in the sky, yielding its fruit at all times by the leave of its Lord?" Abdullah said, "I wanted to say it is the date palm, but the presence of my father kept me from speaking." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is the date palm." I mentioned that to my father, and he said, "If you had said it, it would have been dearer to me than such and such" — I think he said — "red camels."
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- 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 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 127 AH, or 131 AH, or 136 AH, also said: 132 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout worshipper, sometimes had lapses (wahm)d. 167 AHعَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ الْقَسْمَلِيُّثقة ، عابد ، ربما وهمحدثنا
- truthful (ṣadūq), a scholard. 220 AHأَبُو عُمَرَ الضَّرِيرُصدوق عالمحدثنا
- d. 305 AHالْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِأخبرنا
- d. 354 AHابن حبان
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