Hadith #294
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُجَالِدٌ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَرَجُلٍ وَضَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ ثُمَّ رَجَعَهَا قَ
الَ وَإِنِّي لَفِي الرَّكْبِ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى سَخْلَةٍ مَنْبُوذَةٍ عَلَى كُنَاسٍ فَقَالَ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ هَانَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا فَقَالُوا مِنْ هَوَانِهَا أَلْقَوْهَا هَاهُنَا قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا
Isnad Chain
يونس بن محمد
حماد بن زيد
مجالد
قيس بن أبي حازم
المستورد بن شداد
English Translation
Yūnus ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, Mujālid narrated to us, from Qays ibn Abī Ḥāzim, from al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddād, who said: The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the worldly life compared to the Hereafter is nothing but like a man who dipped his finger into the sea then withdrew it.' He said: And I was indeed in the riding party with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when he passed by a dead kid goat discarded on a refuse heap. He said: 'Do you think this was worthless to its owners?' They said: 'Because of its worthlessness they discarded it here.' He said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the worldly life is more worthless to Allāh عز وجل than this is to its owners.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 294
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17332
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53722