If you want to know the true value of this world, look at the value (and character) of those people who have it (ie. the people who are rich and prosperous; kings and rulers).

—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]

(Read on pg 158, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)