Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The Prophet ﷺ said: If anyone asks (you) for refuge for the sake of Allah, give him refuge; and if anyone asks you (for something) for the pleasure of Allah, give him. Ubaydullah said: If anyone asks you for the sake of Allah.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
In this, the encouragement is that the one who is asking has invoked the intercession of a Most Great Being.
In consideration of His name, do not withhold whatever you are able to give.
Some of the scholars have classified this narration as hasan sahih (good and authentic).
See:
(al-Sahihah, Hadith: 253)
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5108