Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37703 — The words of Ibrahim al-Taymi

Husayn reports about Ibrahim al-Taymi, saying that among his words was this: What greater regret could a man have than to see his slave, whom Allah made his slave in the world, in a higher rank with Allah on the Day of Resurrection? Over what could a man have greater regret than that Allah Almighty gave him wealth in the world, and He makes another the heir of that wealth, and that heir then obeys Allah with it, so that the sin of the wealth falls on the owner and its reward goes to the other? And what greater regret could a man have than to see a servant who was blind in the world, whose sight Allah Almighty has now opened, while he himself has become blind? Then he said: Those who were before you used to flee from the world while it was turning toward them, and they had the standing that they had. But you pursue the world while it has turned its back on you, and you have the new misdeeds that you have. So compare your situation with that of those people.