Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My father, Malik bin Sinan, was martyred in the Battle of Uhud and left us no inheritance. We fell into severe need, so my mother said to me: My son! Go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him for something for us. I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), greeted him and sat down; he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting among his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). Then, turning towards me, he said: "Whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah Almighty will make him free of need; whoever seeks to be chaste, Allah Almighty will keep him chaste; and whoever seeks sufficiency, Allah will suffice him." Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I thought: He (peace and blessings be upon him) means no one but me. I went back and did not say anything. My mother asked me, and I told her the whole story. We remained patient, and Allah Almighty provided us with something by which we got by, until a need more severe than the first pressed upon us. My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to get something. I came, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the gathering of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them); I greeted and sat down. He turned towards me and said what he had said the first time, with these additional words: "Whoever asks while he has an uqiyah is one who asks importunately (that is, one who persists)." I thought to myself: I have al-Yaqutah, and she is worth more than an uqiyah; an uqiyah is forty dirhams. I went back and did not ask him (peace and blessings be upon him) anything.
Abu Ubayd says: al-Yaqutah is a she-camel.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الصدقات / 13210