Hadith 3506

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 فَقَعَدْتُّ، قَالَ: فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي فَقَالَ: ((مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ، وَمَنِ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللَّهُ، وَمَنِ اسْتَكْفَى كَفَاهُ اللَّهُ، وَمَنْ سَأَلَ وَلَهُ قِيمَةُ أُوقِيَةٍ فَقَدْ أَلْحَفَ))، قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: نَاقَتِي الْيَاقُوتَةُ مَعِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُوقِيَةٍ، 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 wishes to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient; whoever seeks chastity (abstains from asking people), Allah will make him chaste; whoever seeks sufficiency from Allah, Allah will suffice him. And if someone who owns the value of one uqiyah asks (begs), he will be insistent in asking (which is not his right). Upon hearing this, 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.
Hadith Reference الفتح الربانی / كتاب الزكاة / 3506
Hadith Grading محدثین: صحیح
Hadith Takhrij «اسناده قوي۔ اخرجه النسائي: 5/ 98، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 11060 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 11075»