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ibnmajah:4110 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār And ʾIbrāhīm b. al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī And Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ > Abū Yaḥyá Zakariyyā b. Manẓūr > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is worthless to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this world is more worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its owner. If this world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the disbeliever would not have a drop to drink from it.’”  

ابن ماجة:٤١١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْحِزَامِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ شَائِلَةٍ بِرِجْلِهَا فَقَالَ أَتُرَوْنَ هَذِهِ هَيِّنَةً عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا وَلَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا قَطْرَةً أَبَدًا  

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hakim:7847 – Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ b. Hāniʾ > al-Sarī b. Khuzaymah > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān al-Wāsiṭī Saʿdawayh > Zakariyyā b. Manẓūr b. Thaʿlabah b. Abū Mālik > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is worthless to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this world is more worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its owner. If this world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the disbeliever would not have a drop to drink from it.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4110)   

الحاكم:٧٨٤٧ – حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ ثَنَا السَّرِيُّ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ سَعْدَوَيْهِ ثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ ثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَرَأَى شَاةً شَائِلَةً بِرِجْلِهَا فَقَالَ «أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الشَّاةَ هَيِّنَةً عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا وَلَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ زكريا بن منظور ضعفوه

زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْقُرَظِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

tabarani:5840 – [Chain 1] Aḥmad b. al-Muʿallá al-Dimashqī > Hishām b. ʿAmmār [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Saqaṭī > Saʿīd b. Sulaymān > Zakariyyā b. Manẓūr > Abū Ḥāzim > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] The Prophet passed by Thul-Hulayfah and saw a ewe with her leg broken. He asked, "Do you find it easy on its owners?" They replied, "Yes." He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, this ewe is easier on its owner than the world would be upon Allah. If the world held the weight of a mosquito's wing in the sight of Allah, He would not give a disbeliever a drink of water from it."  

الطبراني:٥٨٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْمُعَلَّى الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّقَطِيُّ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَا ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ مَنْظُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِذِي الْحُلَيْفَةِ فَإِذَا شَاةٌ شَائِلَةٌ بِرِجْلِهَا مَيِّتَةٌ فَقَالَ «تَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الشَّاةَ هَيِّنَةٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا؟» قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَلدُّنْيَا أَهْوَنُ عَلَى اللهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الشَّاةِ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا وَلَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَزِنُ عِنْدَ اللهِ جَنَاحَ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا سَقَى كَافِرًا مِنْهَا شَرْبَةَ مَاءٍ»  

suyuti:389a –

“We were with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in Dhul-Hulaifah, when we saw a dead sheep lifting its leg (because of bloating). He said: ‘Don’t you think this is worthless to its owner? By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this world is more worthless to Allah than this (dead sheep) is to its owner. If this world was worth the wing of a mosquito to Allah, the disbeliever would not have a drop to drink from it.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4110)   

السيوطي:٣٨٩a –

"أترون هذه الشاةَ هيِّنَة على صاحبها؟ فوالذي نفسى بيده للدُّنيا أهونُ على الله - ﷻَّ - من هذه على صاحبها، ولو كانت الدنيا تَزِن عندَ الله جناح بعوضةٍ ما سقى كافرًا منها قطرةَ ماء أبدًا".  

[هـ] ابن ماجة [قط] الدارقطنى في السنن في الأفراد، [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك عن سهل بن سعد قال: (كنا مع رسول الله ﷺ بذى الحليفة فإذا هو بشاةٍ ميِّتةٍ شايِلةٍ برجْلَيْها فقال: أترون وذكره)