My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I came to him and sat down. He turned toward me and said, "Whoever seeks to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient. Whoever seeks chastity, Allah
will grant him chastity. Whoever seeks to be free of need, Allah
will suffice him. And whoever begs while possessing the value of an ounce has been importunate."I said to myself, "My she-camel al-Yaqutah is worth more than an ounce." So I returned without asking him for anything.
أخبرنا قتيبة قال حدثنا ابن أبي الرجال عن عمارة بن غزية
سرحتني أمي إلى رسول الله ﷺ فأتيته وقعدت فاستقبلني وقال من استغنى أغناه الله عز وجل ومن استعف أعفه الله عز وجل ومن استكفى كفاه الله عز وجل ومن سأل وله قيمة أوقية فقد ألحف فقلت ناقتي الياقوتة خير من أوقية فرجعت ولم أسأله
[Its isnad is hasan] Abu Dawud narrated it in Zakat, chapter, "Who may be given from charity and the threshold of wealth," hadith no. 1628, from Qutayba bin Saeed with this wording. It is also found in Kubra, hadith no. 2376, where Abu Dawud added, "And in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, an uqiyah was forty dirhams." Ibn Khuzayma graded it sahih, hadith no. 2447, as did Ibn Hibban, hadith no. 846, in abridged form.Qutayba's teacher is named Abdul-Rahman.