Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-3081b
"عن الشعبى قال: كتبَ قَيْصَرُ إِلَى عُمر بنِ الخطابِ: إِنَّ رُسُلِى أَتَتْنِى مِنْ قِبَلِكَ فَزَعَمَتْ أَنَّ قِبَلكُمْ شجرةً لَيْسَتْ بخليقةٍ لِشَئٍ مِنَ الخير تخرجُ مثل آذانِ الحمير، ثم تَتشَقَّقُ عن مثلِ اللؤلؤ الأبيضِ، ثُمَّ تَصيرُ مِثْلَ زمرد الأخضر، ثُمّ تَصيرُ مثلَ الياقوتِ الأحمر، ثم تَنْبعُ وَتَنْضُجُ فتكون كأطيبِ فَالُوذَج أُكِلَ، ثم تَيْبَسُ فتكون عصمةً للمقيمِ وزادًا للمسافرِ، فإن تكن رسلى صدقتنى فلا أرى هذه الشجرة، إلَّا من شجرة الجنة، فكتب إليه عمر: إن رسلك قد صدقتك، هذه الشجرة عندنا هى الشجرة التى أنبتها اللَّه على مريم حين نُفِسَتْ بعيسى".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- al-Shʿbá
- Ktb Qayṣar
- ʿUmr b. al-Khṭāb In Rusuliá Atatniá from Qibalik Fazaʿamat
Machine translation, not reviewed
"From al-Sha'bi: Caesar wrote to Umar ibn al-Khattab: 'My messengers came to me from your side and claimed that among you there is a tree, not created for any good, which produces something like donkeys' ears. Then it splits open into something like white pearls, then becomes like green emerald, then like red ruby. Then it sprouts and ripens and becomes like the finest sweet dish eaten, then it dries and becomes a safeguard for the resident and provision for the traveller. If my messengers have told the truth to me, then I see this tree as nothing but a tree of Paradise.' Umar wrote to him: 'Your messengers have told you the truth. This tree among us is the tree that Allah caused to grow for Maryam when she gave birth to 'Isa.'"
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[كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه والسلفى في انتخاب حديث الفراء
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