Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5644

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ هِلاَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَىٍّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَتَتْهَا الرِّيحُ كَفَأَتْهَا، فَإِذَا اعْتَدَلَتْ تَكَفَّأُ بِالْبَلاَءِ، وَالْفَاجِرُ كَالأَرْزَةِ صَمَّاءَ مُعْتَدِلَةً حَتَّى يَقْصِمَهَا اللَّهُ إِذَا شَاءَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn Fulayḥ narrated to me; he said: My father narrated to me, from Hilāl ibn ʿAlī, of Banū ʿĀmir ibn Luʾayy, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Yasār, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The believer is like a tender plant: whichever way the wind comes, it bends it. When it straightens, it continues to sway amid trials. The wicked person is like a rigid, upright cedar tree, until Allah breaks it whenever He wills.”