Sahih al-Bukhari 4698

Hadith text

Narrated Ibn `Umar:While we were with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) he said, "Tell me of a tree which resembles a Muslim man. Its leaves do not fall and it does not, and does not, and does not, and it gives its fruits every now and then." It came to my mind that such a tree must be the date palm, but seeing Abu Bakr and `Umar saying nothing, I disliked to speak. So when they did not say anything, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "It is the date-palm tree." When we got up (from that place), I said to `Umar, "O my father! By Allah, it came to my mind that it must be the date palm tree." `Umar said, "What prevented you from speaking?" I replied, "I did not see you speaking, so I disliked to speak or say anything." `Umar then said, "If you had said it, it would have been dearer to me than so-and-so

Ibn Umar bataate hain: Jab hum Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ke saath the, unhone farmaya, 'Mujhe ek aise darakht ke baare mein bataao jo Musalmaan aadmi jaisa hai. Uske patte nahi girte, aur nahi... aur nahi... aur nahi, aur wo waqt waqt par apne phal deta hai.' Mere zehen mein aaya ke shaayad ye khajoor ka darakht ho, magar Abu Bakr aur Umar ko khaamosh dekh kar mujhe bolna theek nahi laga. To jab unhone kuch nahi kaha, Allah ke Rasool (SAW) ne khud farmaya, 'Ye khajoor ka darakht hai.' Jab hum wahaan se uthe, to maine Umar (apne waalid) se kaha, 'Aye mere Abbu! Allah ki qasam, mere zehen mein bhi aaya tha ke ye khajoor ka darakht hoga.' Umar ne pucha, 'Tumhein bolne se kis cheez ne roka?' Maine jawab diya, 'Maine aapko bolte nahi dekha, isliye mujhe bhi kuch kehna theek nahi laga.' Umar ne kaha, 'Agar tumne ye baat keh di hoti, to ye mere liye falaan falaan cheez se bhi zyaada pyaari hoti.'

Sahih al-Bukhari 4698 · Book 65, Hadith 220