Sahih Muslim, 7102

Rapporté par Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه : Nous étions en compagnie du Messager d’Allah ﷺ lorsqu’il dit : « Dites-moi quel arbre ressemble au musulman, dont les feuilles ne tombent jamais. » Ibrahim a dit que peut-être l’imam Muslim a précisé : « Il donne constamment des fruits », mais j’ai vu (qu’il ne donne pas toujours des fruits). Ibn Umar dit : « J’ai pensé que c’était le palmier-dattier, mais voyant Abu Bakr et Omar se taire, je n’ai pas osé parler. » Omar dit : « Si tu l’avais dit, cela m’aurait été plus cher que telle ou telle chose. »

Ibn Umar reported:We were'in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he said: Tell me of a tree which has resemblance to a Muslim and the leaves of which do not wither. Ibrahim said that perhaps Imam Muslim had stated like this: It constantly bears fruit but I have, however, seen [It does not bear fruit constantly]. Ibn Umar said: It crossed my mind that it could be the date-palm tree, but as I saw Aba Bakr and Umar observe silence, I did not deem it fit that I should speak or I should say something. 'Umar said: Had you said so, it would have been dearer to me than such and such thing