I was among the riders who stopped with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ beside a dead lamb. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Do you see how worthless this was to its owners when they discarded it?"They replied, "It was because of its worthlessness that they threw it away, Messenger of Allah."He said, "This world is more worthless to Allah than this lamb is to its owners."
حدثنا سويد بن نصر أخبرنا عبد الله بن المبارك عن مجالد عن قيس بن أبي حازم
كنت مع الركب الذين وقفوا مع رسول الله ﷺ على السخلة الميتة فقال رسول الله ﷺ أترون هذه هانت على أهلها حين ألقوها قالوا من هوانها ألقوها يا رسول الله قال فالدنيا أهون على الله من هذه على أهلها
[Hasan]. Ibn Majah also reported it, no. 4111, from the hadith of Mujalid with this chain, and its isnad is daif, but it has many corroborating witnesses, among them the preceding hadith.On this subject there are also narrations from Jabir [Muslim, no. 2957] and Ibn Umar [Tabarani in al-Awsat, 3/433, 434, no. 2934].