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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