'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: There is a tree amongst trees, the leaves of which do not wither and that is like a Muslim; tell me which that (tree) can be? The people began to think of the trees of the forest. 'Abdullah said: I thought that it could be the date-palm tree, but I felt hesitant (to say that). They (the Companions) then said: Allah's Messenger, (kindly) tell us which that can be? Thereupon he said: It is the date-palm tree. I made a mention of that to 'Umar, whereupon he said: Had you said that it meant the date-palm tree, this statement of yours (would have been dearer to me) than such and such things.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) one day said to his Companions: Tell me about a tree which has resemblance with a believer. The people began to mention (different) trees of the forest. Ibn 'Umar said: It was instilled in my mind or in my heart and it stuck therein that it implied the date-palm tree. I made up my mind to make a mention of that but could not do that because of the presence of the elderly people there. When there was a hush amongst them (after they had expressed their views), Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: It is the date-palm tree.

Mujahid said: (I have had the privilege) of accompanying Ibn 'Umar up to Madinah but I did not hear him narrate anything from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) except one hadith. And he said: We were in the presence of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that there was brought to him the kernel of a date. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Mujahid reported: I heard Ibn 'Umar as saying: There was brought to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) the kernel. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported: We were in the company of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) 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 (RA) 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.