A man came to him asking for a hundred dirhams, and he said, "You ask me for a hundred dirhams when I am the son of Hatim? By Allah, I will not give you anything!"Then he said, "Were it not that I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Whoever swears an oath and then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better,' I would have refused."And he added, "You shall have four hundred from my stipend."
حدثني محمد بن حاتم حدثنا بهز حدثنا شعبة حدثنا سماك بن حرب قال سمعت تميم بن طرفة قال سمعت عدي بن حاتم أن رجلا سأله فذكر مثله وزاد ولك أربعمائة في عطائي