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(55) – باب فضل الزهد في الدنيا و الحث على التقلل منها و فضل الفقر
(55) – Excellence of Leading an Ascetic Life, and Virtues of Simple Life
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Riyad as-Saliheen 463

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].

وعن جابر، رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله، ﷺ، 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)). (25)

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Sahih (Authentic)