Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37907 — The words of Ibn Munabbih

It is narrated from Ibn Munabbih that he said: Among those before you there was a man who worshipped Allah for a long time. Then he asked Allah Almighty for something he needed, and he fasted for Allah for seventy weeks, eating eleven times each week. The narrator said: He asked Allah for what he needed, and Allah Almighty did not give it to him. So he turned to his own self and said: O self, it is because of you that this has come upon me. If there were any good in you, your need would have been granted, but there is no good in you. The narrator said: At that very moment an angel descended and said to the man: O son of Adam, this hour of yours in which you reproached yourself is better than all your past worship, and Allah Almighty has granted you your need.