Comparing Patience and Gratitude
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: Which is better, patience or gratitude?
The Shaykh:
Patience in the face of trial. The reason differs; patience in the face of trial and gratitude for a blessing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
So they differed on which is better: the grateful rich man or the patient poor man? The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says the better of the two is the one with more faith. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
A questioner asks: Which is better, patience or gratitude?
The Shaykh:
Patience in the face of trial. The reason differs; patience in the face of trial and gratitude for a blessing. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
So they differed on which is better: the grateful rich man or the patient poor man? The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah says the better of the two is the one with more faith. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh,
Source
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