Abdullah bin Umar reported,

We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when he said, "Tell me about a tree that resembles, or is like, the Muslim man. Its leaves do not fall, and not, and not, and it produces its fruit at all times."Ibn Umar said, "It occurred to me that it was the date palm, but I saw that Abu Bakr and Umar were not speaking, so I disliked to speak."When they said nothing, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "It is the date palm."When we got up, I said to Umar, "Father, by Allah, it had occurred to me that it was the date palm."He asked, "What kept you from speaking?"I replied, "I did not see you speaking, so I disliked to speak or say anything."Umar said, "For you to have said it would have been dearer to me than such and such."

عن ابن عمر، قال

كنا عند رسول الله ﷺ، فقال: أخبروني بشجرة تشبه- أو كالرجل المسلم لا يتحات ورقها، ولا، ولا، ولا تؤتي أكلها كل حين. قال ابن عمر: فوقع في نفسي أنها النخلة، ورأيت أبا بكر وعمر لا يتكلمان، فكرهت أن أتكلم، فلما لم يقولوا شيئا. قال رسول الله ﷺ: هي النخلة. فلما قمنا قلت لعمر: يا أبتاه! والله لقد كان وقع في نفسي أنها النخلة، فقال: ما منعك أن تكلم. قال: لم أركم تكلمون فكرهت أن أتكلم أو أقول شيئا. قال عمر: لأن تكون قلتها أحب إلى من كذا وكذا.