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للشيخ عبد الرزاق بن عبد المحسن البدر

A beautiful explanation with all harakaat by Shaykh ‘Abd ar-Razzâq al-Badr حفظه الله of the hadith reported by Abd-Allah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them):

'Abdullah b. Umar reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves of which do not wither and that is like a Muslim; tell me which that (tree) can be? The people began to think of the trees of the forest. Abdullah said: I thought that it could be the date-palm tree, but I felt hesitant (to say that). They (the Companions) then said: Allaah's Messenger, (kindly) tell us which that can be? Thereupon he said: It is the date-palm tree. I made a mention of that to 'Umar, whereupon he said: Had you said that it meant the date-palin tree, this statement of yours (would have been dearer to me) than such and such things.

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ – رضي الله عنهما - أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم – قَالَ: « إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً لاَ يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا ، وَهِىَ مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ ، حَدِّثُونِى مَا هِىَ » . فَوَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِى شَجَرِ الْبَادِيَةِ، وَوَقَعَ فِى نَفْسِى أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ. فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَخْبِرْنَا بِهَا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - « هِىَ النَّخْلَةُ « .

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبِى بِمَا وَقَعَ فِى نَفْسِى فَقَالَ لأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِى كَذَا وَكَذَا. ‏