حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا زَکَرِيَّائُ بْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ کَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ کَعْبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ کَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنْ الزَّرْعِ تُفِيئُهَا الرِّيحُ تَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا أُخْرَی حَتَّی تَهِيجَ وَمَثَلُ الْکَافِرِ کَمَثَلِ الْأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ عَلَی أَصْلِهَا لَا يُفِيئُهَا شَيْئٌ حَتَّی يَکُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 7094
Ka'b reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop in a field which is shaken by wind and then it comes to its original position but it stands at its roots. The similitude of a non-believer is that of a cypress tree which stands on its roots and nothing shakes it but it is uprooted (with) one (violent stroke).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020