Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَى الْعَالِيَةَ فَمَرَّ بِالسُّوقِ فَمَرَّ بِجَدْيٍ أَسَكَّ مَيِّتٍ فَتَنَاوَلَهُ فَرَفَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِكَمْ تُحِبُّونَ أَنَّ هَذَا لَكُمْ قَالُوا مَا نُحِبُّ أَنَّهُ لَنَا بِشَيْءٍ وَمَا نَصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ بِكَمْ تُحِبُّونَ أَنَّهُ لَكُمْ قَالُوا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ حَيًّا لَكَانَ عَيْبًا فِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَسَكُّ فَكَيْفَ وَهُوَ مَيِّتٌ قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ.
English Translation
Affan told us, Wuhayb told us, Ja'far told us, from his father, from Jabir, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to al-'Aliyah and passed by the market, and passed by a dead goat kid with small ears. He picked it up and lifted it, then said: For how much would you like this to be yours? They said: We would not like it to be ours for anything; what would we do with it? He said: For how much would you like it to be yours? They said: By Allah, even if it were alive, it would be a defect in it that its ears are small, so how about now that it is dead? He said: By Allah, this world is more insignificant to Allah than this is to you.