(14) باب مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ كَالزَّرْعِ وَمَثَلُ الْكَافِرِ كَشَجَرِ الأَرْزِ
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. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 2810 b (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 52, Hadith 49 (DE)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 39, Hadith 6745 (DE)