I said to ʿAbida, "I have some of the hair of the Prophet ﷺ which I got from Anas or from his family." ʿAbida replied. "No doubt if I had a single hair of that it would have been dearer to me than the whole world and whatever is in it."
قُلْتُ لِعَبِيدَةَ عِنْدَنَا مِنْ شَعَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَصَبْنَاهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَنَسٍ أَوْ مِنْ قِبَلِ أَهْلِ أَنَسٍ فَقَالَ لأَنْ تَكُونَ عِنْدِي شَعَرَةٌ مِنْهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَىَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا