- “Among the trees is a tree whose leaves do not fall, and it is like the Muslim. Tell me what it is.”
The people began to think of the trees of the desert. Abdullah said: “It occurred to me that it was the date palm, but I was too shy to speak.” Then they said, “Tell us what it is, O Messenger of Allah!” He said, “It is the date palm.”
I say: It is a hadith narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with them both, through several chains:
The first: from Abdullah ibn Dinar, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ... Then he cited the hadith.
It was recorded by al-Bukhari (61, 62, and 131), Muslim (8/137), al-Tirmidhi (2867), Ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his exegesis (13/137 and 138), and al-Baghawi in The Explanation of the Sunnah (1/307/143) and in his exegesis (4/348).
The second: from Mujahid, who said:
I accompanied Ibn Umar to Medina, and I did not hear him narrate from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, except a single hadith. He said: We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a palm heart was brought, and he said: ... Then he cited it in similar wording.
It was recorded by al-Bukhari (72 and 5448), Muslim (8/137), Ahmad (2/12), al-Tabari (13/137), and al-Tabarani in The Major Dictionary (13508, 13513, 13517, and 13521).
The third: from Nafi', from Ibn Umar, who said:
We were with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: ... Then he cited it in similar wording, adding at the end: