Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 220 – Volume 6, Book 60

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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 220:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
While we were with Allah's Apostle 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 Apostle 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 misliked to speak or say anything." Umar then said, "If you
had said it, it would have been dearer to me than so-and-so."