VALUE OF THE WORLD H 465 "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.'" R 465 Muslim with a chain up to Jabir who related this hadith.
463- وعن جابر رضي الله عنه : أنَّ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم مَرَّ بالسُّوقِ وَالنَّاسُ كَنَفَتَيْهِ ، فَمَرَّ بِجَدْيٍ أَسَكَّ مَيِّتٍ ، فَتَنَاوَلَهُ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : "أَيُّكُم يُحِبُّ أنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا لَهُ بِدرْهَم ؟" فقالوا : مَا نُحِبُّ أنَّهُ لَنَا بِشَيْءٍ وَمَا نَصْنَعُ بِهِ ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ : "أَتُحِبُّونَ أَنَّهُ لَكُمْ ؟" قَالُوا : وَاللهِ لَوْ كَانَ حَيّاً كَانَ عَيْباً ، إنَّهُ أسَكُّ فَكَيْفَ وَهُوَ ميِّتٌ ! فقال : "فوَاللهِ للدُّنْيَا أهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ" رواه مسلم . قوله : "كَنَفَتَيْهِ" أيْ : عن جانبيه . وَ"الأَسَكُّ" : الصغير الأذُن .