It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy (of the praiseworthy kind) is (permissible) only regarding two (kinds of) men: a man to whom Allah gave the Qur'an and he stood with it (in prayer), held its lawful to be lawful and its unlawful to be unlawful; and a man to whom Allah gave wealth and through it he maintained ties with his relatives and kin and did acts of obedience to Allah with it (that wealth)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 231
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:رجاله موثقون
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: فيه روح بن صلاح ضعفه ابن عدي ووثقه ابن حبان وقال الحاكم ثقة مأمون «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 2، ص 256»» «قال الهيثمي: رجاله موثقون «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 3، ص 108»» «أخرجه الطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 14612»