Which of the two is better; the affluent one who is thankful or the poor one who is patient?
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Of the affluent (wealthy) one who is thankful and the poor one who is patient then the better of the two is the one who has more Taqwaa (fearfulness/dutifulness) for Allaah The Most High.
So if then they are equal in Taqwaa, then they are equal in rank.
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Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
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Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah min Fataawaa Shaikh ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah page 113
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Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq
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