The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed through the market, entering from one of the upper districts of Madinah, with people on either side of him. He came across a dead lop-eared kid goat, picked it up by the ear, and asked, "Which of you would like this for a dirham?"They replied, "We would not want it for anything. What would we do with it?"He asked, "Would you like to have it for free?"They said, "By Allah, even if it were alive it would be defective, since it is lop-eared. So how about now, when it is dead?"He said, "By Allah, this world is more insignificant to Allah than this carcass is to you."
حدثنا عبد الله بن مسلمة بن قعنب حدثنا سليمان يعني ابن بلال عن جعفر عن أبيه
أن رسول الله ﷺ مر بالسوق داخلا من بعض العالية والناس كنفته فمر بجدي أسك ميت فتناوله فأخذ بأذنه ثم قال أيكم يحب أن هذا له بدرهم فقالوا ما نحب أنه لنا بشيء 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