حدثنا عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب، حدثنا سليمان، - يعني ابن بلال - عن  جعفر، عن أبيه، عن جابر بن عبد الله، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مر بالسوق داخلا من بعض العالية والناس كنفته فمر بجدى أسك ميت فتناوله فأخذ بأذنه ثم قال ‏"‏ أيكم يحب أن هذا له بدرهم ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فقالوا ما نحب أنه لنا بشىء وما نصنع به قال ‏"‏ أتحبون أنه لكم ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قالوا والله لو كان حيا كان عيبا فيه لأنه أسك فكيف وهو ميت فقال ‏"‏ فوالله للدنيا أهون على الله من هذا عليكم ‏"‏ ‏.‏
 Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may p (-ace be upon him) happened to walk through the bazar coming from the side of 'Aliya and the people were on both his sides. There he found a dead lamb with very short ears. He took hold of his ear and said:                      Who amongst you would like to have this for a dirham? They said: We do not like to have it even for less than that as it is of no use to us. He said: Do you wish to have it (free of any cost)? They said: By Allah, even if it were alive (we would not have liked to possess that), for there is detect in it as its ear is very short; now it is dead also. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, this world is more insignificant in the eye of Allah as it (this dead lamb) is in your eye.