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.
Reference | : Sahih Muslim 2810b |
In-book reference | : Book 52, Hadith 49 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 39, Hadith 6745 |
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