Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27948 — A man praising another man

Abu al-Ahwas said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When one of you wishes to ask for something he needs, let him ask lightly. Let him not come to a man and praise him to his face, thereby breaking his back, so that the man cannot withhold anything from him."