847 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; Wakiʿ narrated to us; al-Masʿūdī narrated to us, from ʿAlī ibn Badhīmah, from Qays ibn Ḥabtar, who said: ʿAbd Allah declared, “How excellent are the two things people dislike: death and poverty! By Allah, a person’s condition is only wealth or poverty, and I do not mind which of the two I am tested with: if it is wealth, it gives scope for kindness, and if it is poverty, it gives scope for patience.”