A person does not have an understanding of the religion until he thinks of a hardship as being a blessing, and comfort and luxury as being a tribulations.
—Sufyān al-Thawrī [d. 161H/778CE]
(Read on pg 155, Salaahud-Deen ibn ‘Alee ibn ‘Abdul-Maujood, The Biography of Sufyaan Ath-Thauree. Darussalam Publishers. Riyadh:2005.)