Sahih Muslim Book - 0, Hadith - 87

و حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قُهْزَاذَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالَقَانِيَّ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ يَقُولُ: لَوْ خُيِّرْتُ بَيْنَ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ أَلْقَى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُحَرَّرٍ لَاخْتَرْتُ أَنْ أَلْقَاهُ ثُمَّ أَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ كَانَتْ بَعْرَةٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْهُ.

Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin Quhzadh narrated to me, he said: "I heard Abu Ishaq At-Talaqani say: 'I heard Ibn Al-Mubarak say: If I had been given the choice between entering Paradise and meeting 'Abdullah bin Muharrir, I would have chosen to meet him then enter Paradise. But when I did see him, I realized that camel dung was dearer to me than him."