رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 463
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Chapter 54
Chapter context: Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life
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Original Arabic
وعن جابر، رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، مر بالسوق والناس كنفتيه، فمر بجدى أسك ميت، فتناوله، فأخذ بأذنيه، ثم قال: "أيكم يحب أن يكون هذا له بدرهم؟ " فقالوا: ما نحب أنه لنا بشئ ومانصنع به؟ ثم قال: “أتحبون أنه لكم؟ قالوا: والله لو كان حياً كان عيباً؛ أنه أسك. فكيف وهو ميت _! فقال: "فوالله للدنيا أهون على الله من هذا عليكم" ((رواه مسلم)). ('قوله: كنفتيه أي: على جانبيه. و الأسك الصغير الأذن.')
Translation
English translation
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was passing through the bazaar with his Companions on his both sides, when he saw a dead skinny lamb. He held its ear and said, "Who of you would like to have it for a dirham". They replied, "We do not like to get it for nothing, and what shall we do with it?". Then he (ﷺ) asked, "Would you like to have it for nothing?". They replied, "Had it been alive, it would have been defective because it is skinny; but when dead it is of no use". Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Truly, the world is more contemptible to Allah than this (the dead lamb) is to you". [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 463 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 463 under the chapter “Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life.”
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