Is this authentic?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Do you think that this dead lamb was insignificant to its owners when they threw it away?’ They said:’Yes! It is because of its insignificance that they threw it away O Messenger of Allah!’ He said: ‘The world is more insignificant to Allah than this to its owners.’”
Answer
Imams Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah (rahimahumallah) have recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Mustawrid ibn Shaddad (radiyallahu ‘anhu). The full Hadith is as follows:
Sayyiduna Mustawrid ibn Shaddad (radiyallahu ‘anhu) relates, “I was with the group of travellers with Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) who stopped at a dead lamb. Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘Do you think that this was insignificant to its owners when they discarded it?’ They said: ‘Yes! It is because of its insignificance that they discarded it O Messenger of Allah!’ He said: ‘The world is more insignificant to Allah than this to its owners.’”
(Sunan Tirmidhi, Hadith: 2321 and Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith: 4111)
Imam Tirmidhi (rahimahullah) has declared the Hadith sound (hasan).
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