Chapter. Similitudes of a believer and a hypocrite or a disbeliever

 28. Ka´b bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam said: The example of a believer is that of a fresh tender plant, which the wind shakes and bends it sometimes and some other time it makes it stright till it stands at its roots. And the example of a disbeliever is that of a pine tree which keeps straight on its roots and nothing bends it till once it is uprooted suddenlu.´´

In another version: ´´It makes it straight one time till its destined end comes. And the example of a hypocrite is that of a pine tree which keeps straight and nothing touches it.´´

29. ´Abdullah bin Umar narated: While we were with Allah´s Messenger salla alayhi wa sallam, he said, ´´Tell me of a tree which resembles a Muslim man. Its leaves do not fall and it gives its fruits every now and them.´´ Ibn ´Umar said: It came to my mind that such a tree must he the date-palm, but seeing Abu Bakr and ´Umar saying nothing, I disliked to speak and to comment anything. ´Umar then said: ´´If you had said it, it would have been dearer to me than such and such.´´

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