Hadith 27

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Darraj, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww passed by an earless young goat having been thrown upon a rubbish dump, dead. He-saww said to his-saww companions: ‘How much does this equate to? ’
They said, ‘Perhaps if it was alive, it would not equate to a Dirham’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul! The world is lesser unto Allah-azwj than this goat is unto its people’’. [31]
Explanation – And I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘This Hadeeth is reported by Muslim in his ‘Saheeh’ by his chain from Jabir Bin Abdullah Al Ansari, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww passed by the market. He-saww passed by a dead goat with cut ears. He-saww grabbed it by its cut ear, then said: ‘Which one of you would like to have this for a Dirham? ’
They said, ‘We would not like it to be for us for anything, and what will we do with it? ’
He-saww said: ‘Would you like it to be for you? ’
They said, ‘By Allah-azwj! If it had been alive, there would be a defect in it because it is with ears cut, so how can it be and it is dead? ’
He-saww said: ‘By Allah-azwj! The world is lesser unto Allah-azwj than this is unto you all! ’’