Accompanying the poor…

 

Awn ibn ’Abdullaah, may Allaah have mercy on him, said:

 

صحبت الأغنياء فعظم همي لأني كنت أرى ثياباً أحسن من ثيابي ودابة أحسن من دابتي، ثم صحبت الفقراء بعد ذلك فاسترحت

 

“I accompanied rich people and there was no one more depressed/sad than me, if I saw a man with a better garment than me and a better scent it would depress/grieve me–so I accompanied the poor and [finally] relaxed.”

 

["Al-Hilyah", 2/95].