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Sahih Muslim, 2810 b
sahih

Ka'b b. Malik reported on the authority of his father that the similitude of a believer is that of a standing crop. The wind sometimes shakes it and sometimes raises it up and then it comes to its destined end. And the similitude of a hypocrite is that of a cypress tree which is not affected by anything but is uprooted once for all.

حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏

‏ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَمَثَلِ الْخَامَةِ مِنَ الزَّرْعِ تُفِيئُهَا الرِّيَاحُ تَصْرَعُهَا مَرَّةً وَتَعْدِلُهَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ مَثَلُ الأَرْزَةِ الْمُجْذِيَةِ الَّتِي لاَ يُصِيبُهَا شَىْءٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ انْجِعَافُهَا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً ‏

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Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
  2. 2Bashr bin al-Sari al-AfwahBasra,Makkah · d. 196 AH
  3. 3'Abdur Rahman bin MahdiBasra · d. 198 AH
  4. 4Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
  5. 5Sa'd bin IbrahimMedina · d. 125 AH or after
  6. 6'Abdur Rahman bin Ka'b bin MalikMedina
  7. 7Ka'b bin Malik bin Abi Ka'bMedina/Syria · d. 40 AH or 50 AH/670 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 52, Hadith 49
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 39, Hadith 6745 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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