Hadith #295
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ يَعْنِي الْمُهَلَّبِيَّ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُجَالِدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا كَرَجُلٍ وَضَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي الْيَمِّ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَمَا أَخَذَ مِنْهُ قَالَ وَقَالَ الْمُسْتَوْرِدُ أَشْهَدُ
أَنِّي كُنْتُ مَعَ الرَّكْبِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ مَرَّ بِمَنْزِلِ قَوْمٍ قَدْ ارْتَحَلُوا عَنْهُ فَإِذَا سَخْلَةٌ مَطْرُوحَةٌ فَقَالَ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ هَانَتْ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا حِينَ أَلْقَوْهَا قَالُوا مِنْ هَوَانِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْقَوْهَا قَالَ فَوَاللَّهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا
Isnad Chain
خلف بن الوليد
عباد بن عباد ي
المهلبي
المجالد بن سعيد
قيس بن أبي حازم
المستورد بن شداد
رسول الله
English Translation
Khalaf ibn al-Walīd narrated to us, ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād — meaning al-Muhallabī — narrated to us, al-Mujālid ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from Qays ibn Abī Ḥāzim, from al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddād, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'By Allāh, the worldly life compared to the Hereafter is nothing but like a man who dipped his finger into the sea then it came back to him — so what did it take from it?' He said: And al-Mustawrid said: 'I bear witness that I was with the riding party who were with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ when he passed by the camp of a people who had departed from it, and there was a dead kid goat thrown aside. He said: "Do you think this was worthless to its owners when they discarded it?" They said: "Because of its worthlessness to them they discarded it." He said: "By Allāh, the worldly life is more worthless to Allāh عز وجل than this is to its owners."'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 34, Hadith 295
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 17333
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53723