WHICH OF THE TWO IS BETTER; THE AFFLUENT ONE WHO IS THANKFUL OR THE POOR ONE WHO IS PATIENT?
Of the affluent (wealthy) one who is thankful and the poor one who is patient then the better of the two is the one who has more Taqwaa (fearfulness/dutifulness) for Allaah The Most High.
So if then they are equal in Taqwaa, then they are equal in rank.
Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah
Ikhtiyaaraat al-Fiqhiyyah min Fataawaa Shaikh ul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah page 113
Translated by Aboo Haatim Muhammad Farooq