I am a tree in which
Ibn Abbas narrates that the Messenger of Allah (ص) said:
﴿ أَنَا شَجَرَةٌ، وَفَاطِمَةُ حِمْلُهَا، وَعَلِيٌّ لِقَاحُهَا، وَالْـحَسَنُ وَالْـحُسَيْنُ ثَمَرَتُهَا، وَالْـمُحِبُّونَ أهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَرَقُهَا مِنَ الْـجَنَّةِ حَقّاً حَقّاً ﴾
"I heard the Apostle of Allah say, 'I am a tree in which Fatima is its trunk and Ali is its pollen. Hassan and Hussein are its fruits, and the lovers of my household are its leaves whose tree and its parts are in Paradise"
Dailami, Ferdaus al-Akhbar, V. 1, page 84; Kanani, Tanzieh as-Sharia, V.1, page 414; Ibn Asaker, Tarikh Madinah-Damishq, V.14, page 168.
And Abdul-Rahman ibn Auf narrates from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) in the below manner:
"I am the tree, Fatima its trunk and branch, Ali brings its fertility, Hasan and Husain are its fruits, and and our Shiites are the leaves of it, and the original tree is located in the Paradise of Eden, and the remaining parts of it are elsewhere in Paradise." Hakim Nishaburi, Al-Mustadrak, V.3, page 160.
