Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Abu Saeed narrates that one day, due to hunger, I tied a belt around my stomach. Then I came to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and I heard him saying: Whoever desires chastity, Allah the Exalted will keep him chaste, and whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah the Exalted will grant him self-sufficiency. And whoever asks us (for help), either we will give him provision or we will assist him. (However), it is better for the one who remains self-sufficient and chaste (and refrains from asking) than for the one who asks from us. The narrator says that I returned and did not ask for anything.