Which is better: the grateful rich person or the patient poor person?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message was sent by the listener Ibrahim Abu Hamid, asking two questions. In his first question, he says: What is the stronger position among the scholars' opinions regarding the grateful rich person and the patient poor person; which of the two is better?
The Shaykh:
This, and Allah knows best, as Imam Ibn al-Qayyim and his Shaykh, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, stated, that the one who is better and more mindful of Allah is the one who has wealth from his Lord.
The presenter:
What Allah willed.
The Shaykh:
The best of the two is the one who is most mindful of his Lord. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hujurat 49:13]
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message was sent by the listener Ibrahim Abu Hamid, asking two questions. In his first question, he says: What is the stronger position among the scholars' opinions regarding the grateful rich person and the patient poor person; which of the two is better?
The Shaykh:
This, and Allah knows best, as Imam Ibn al-Qayyim and his Shaykh, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, stated, that the one who is better and more mindful of Allah is the one who has wealth from his Lord.
The presenter:
What Allah willed.
The Shaykh:
The best of the two is the one who is most mindful of his Lord. Allah the Exalted said:
Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you
إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4739- أيهما أفضل الغني الشاكر أو الفقير الصابر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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