قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ مَثَلُ جِذْعِ النَّخْلِ أَرَادَ صَاحِبُهُ أَنْ يَنْتَفِعَ بِهِ فِي بَعْضِ بِنَائِهِ فَلَمْ يَسْتَقِمْ لَهُ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي أَرَادَ فَحَوَّلَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَقِمْ لَهُ فَكَانَ آخِرُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَحْرَقَهُ بِالنَّارِ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Kufy, from Usman Bin Isa, from Saeed Bin Yasaar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘An example of the hypocrite is like an example of the trunk of a palm tree. When its owner intends to benefit by it in one of his constructions, so it does not sit straight for him in the place in which he intends it. So he transfers it to another place, but it is not straight for him. So at the end of that he burns it in the fire’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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