The Book of Asceticism · Hadith 133 (#Ḥadīth #11)

فضالة عن أبان بن عثمان عن سلمة بن أبي حفص عن أبي عبد الله عن أبيه عليهما السلام عن جابر قال: مر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بالسوق واقبل يريد الغالية والناس يكتنفه فمر بجدي أسك على مزبلة ملقى وهو ميت فاخذ بأذنه فقال أيكم يحب أن يكون هذا له بدرهم؟ قالوا: ما نحب أنه لنا بشئ وما يصنع (نصنع) به؟ فقال: أفتحبون انه لكم؟ قالوا: لا حتى: قال ذلك ثلاث مرات فقالوا: والله لو كان حيا كان عيبا فكيف وهو ميت فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ان الدنيا على الله أهون من هذا عليكم.

11.Faḍālah narrated from Abān ibn ʿUthmān, from Salamah ibn Abī Ḥafṣ, from Abū ʿAbdillāh, from his father , from Jābir who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) passed by the market and approached [one of the shops] seeking to buy some perfume, while the people had surrounded him. Then he passed by a dead goat with its ears cut, lying in a rubbish heap, so he took hold of it by its [severed] ear and asked, ‘Who among you would want to buy this for a dirham?’ They said, ‘We would not like to buy this for any amount – what would we do with it?’ He said, ‘Would you not like to possess it?’ They said, ‘No!’ He (ṣ) repeated that [question] thrice, so they said, ‘By Allah, even if it were alive it would be flawed, so how about now when it is dead!’ The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Verily the [material] world is less valuable to Allah than this [dead goat] is to you.’”

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