قَالَ مَالِك : فَأَهْلُ الذَّهَبِ : أَهْلُ الشَّامِ وَأَهْلُ مِصْرَ، وَأَهْلُ الْوَرِقِ : أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ ۔
Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that the people of Sham and Egypt are those of gold, and the people of Iraq are those of silver.