(131) (What is said as regards): To be shy (Al-Haya) while learning (religious) knowledge
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: "إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً لَا يَسْقُطُ وَرَقُهَا وَهِيَ مَثَلُ الْمُسْلِمِ، حَدِّثُونِي مَا هِيَ؟ فَوَقَعَ النَّاسُ فِي شَجَرِ الْبَادِيَةِ، وَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي أَنَّهَا النَّخْلَةُ، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَخْبِرْنَا بِهَا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ"، قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: فَحَدَّثْتُ أَبِي بِمَا وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِي، فَقَالَ: لَأَنْ تَكُونَ قُلْتَهَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا.
SAHIH HADITH:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Once Allah's Apostle said, Amongst the trees there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim, tell me the name of that tree. Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas and I thought of the date-palm tree but felt shy (to answer). The others asked, O Allah's Apostle! inform us of it. He replied, it is the date-palm tree. I told my father what had come to my mind and on that he said, Had you said it I would have preferred it to such and such a thing that I might possess.
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