Chapter 36: Chapters On Zuhd
Al-Mustawrid bin Shaddad said: "I was with the caravan of those who stopped with the Messenger of Allah (s. a. w) at a dead lamb. The Messenger of Allah (s. a. w) said: 'Do you think that this was insignificant to its owners when they threw it away?' They said: 'Yes! It is because of its insignificance that they threw it away O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'The world is more insignificant to Allah than this to its owners.'"
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