Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ فِي رَكْبٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذْ مَرَّ بِسَخْلَةٍ مَيْتَةٍ مَنْبُوذَةٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ هَانَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ هَوَانِهَا أَلْقَوْهَا قَالَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمِّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا.
English Translation
Affan told us, Hammad ibn Zayd told us, Mujalid ibn Sa'id told us, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad, who said: I was in a company of riders with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when he passed by a dead lamb that had been cast away. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Do you see this — how worthless it was to its owners?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is because of its worthlessness that they threw it away." He said, "By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, this world is more worthless to Allah, Mighty and Sublime, than this is to its owners."