Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Knowledge

14- بَابُ الْفَهْمِ فِي الْعِلْمِ:

(14) Chapter. (The superiority of) comprehending knowledge.

1 hadith · references 72–72

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Bukhari · 72كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأُتِيَ بِجُمَّارٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ شَجَرَةً مَثَلُهَا كَمَثَلِ الْمُسْلِمِ ، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ : هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ ، فَإِذَا أَنَا أَصْغَرWe were with the Prophet (ﷺ) and fresh dates of a palm tree were brought to him. On that he said, "Amongst the trees, there is a tree which resembles a Muslim." I wanted to say that it was the datepalm tree but as I was 5 narrators