The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is better for one of you to take his rope and gather firewood to carry on his back than to come to a man whom Allah has favored with bounty and ask him, whether he gives him or refuses him."
أن رسول الله ﷺ قال: والذي نفسي بيده لأن يأخذ أحدكم حبله فيحتطب على ظهره خير له من أن يأتي رجلا أعطاه الله من فضله فيسأله أعطاه أو منعه.
Malik narrated it in Sadaqah (60) from Abu Zinad, from Araj, from Abu Hurairah, as mentioned.Bukhari narrated it in Zakat (1470) from Abdullah bin Yusuf, from Malik.Muslim narrated it in Zakat (1042) through another route from Abu Hurairah.