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USELESSNESS OF THE WORLD

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“The Companions were walking on either side of the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, along a street when he saw a dead goat that had its ears slit. He caught hold of it by its ear and said, ‘Which of you would like to have this for a dirham?’ They replied, ‘We wouldn't like it for any amount, what would we do with it?’ He then asked, ‘Would you like to have it for nothing?’ They answered, ‘If it had been alive it would have been disfigured on account of it's ears being slit, and what use is it now that it is dead?’ The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said, ‘Indeed, the world is even more useless in the Sight of Allah than this is in your eyes.’"

Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related this hadith.