عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَرَّحَتْنِي أُمِّي إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْأَلُهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَعَدْتُ قَالَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي فَقَالَ ”مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ اسْتَكْفَى كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ قِيمَةُ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَقَدْ أَلْحَفَ“ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ نَاقَتِي الْيَاقُوتَةُ مَعِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that I might ask him for something. When I reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and sat there, he turned towards me and said: Whoever desires to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient; whoever seeks to remain chaste (by refraining from asking people), Allah will make him chaste; whoever seeks sufficiency from Allah, Allah will suffice him. And if a person who owns the value of one uqiyah asks (for charity), he will be insistent in his asking (which is not his right). Upon hearing this, Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I thought that my Yaquatah she-camel is better than one uqiyah, so I returned and did not ask.