Qays ibn Khabtar reported: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Accept two things you dislike: death and poverty. By Allah, there is nothing but richness and poverty, and I do not care with which of them I am put to trial, for the right of Allah in each of them must be fulfilled. If it is richness, then in it is appreciation. If it is poverty, then in it is patience.”
Source: al-Zuhd wal-Raqā’iq 566
عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ حَبْتَرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ الله عَنْه حَبَّذَا الْمَكْرُوهَانِ الْمَوْتُ وَالْفَقْرُ وَايْمُ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا الْغِنَى وَالْفَقْرُ وَمَا أُبَالِي بِأَيِّهِمَا ابْتُلِيتُ لِأَنَّ حَقَّ اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَاجِبٌ إِنْ كَانَ الْغِنَى إِنَّ فِيهِ لَلْعَطْفَ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْفَقْرُ إِنَّ فِيهِ لَلصَّبْرَ
566 الزهد والرقائق لابن المبارك
