Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2209
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يَأْكُلُ جُمَّارًا، فَقَالَ " مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةٌ كَالرَّجُلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ ". فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ. فَإِذَا أَنَا أَحْدَثُهُمْ قَالَ " هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ ".
Abu al-Walid, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, narrated to us: Abu Awana narrated to us, from Abu Bishr, from Mujahid, from Ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said: I was with the Prophet while he was eating palm heart. He said, “Among the trees is a tree like the believing person.” I wanted to say that it was the date palm, but I was the youngest of them. He said, “It is the date palm.”
Translation notes
The Arabic says jummar, palm heart, not fresh dates as the English witness states. Ibn Umar notes that he was the youngest among those present.