My family and I had settled at Baqi al-Gharqad. My wife said to me, "Go to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and ask him to give us something to eat."So I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found a man with him asking for something, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was saying, "I have nothing to give you."The man turned away from him angrily, saying, "By my life, you give to whomever you wish."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "He is angry with me because I have nothing to give him. Whoever among you asks while he possesses an uqiyyah or its equivalent has asked importunately."Asadi said, I thought to myself, "Our she-camel is worth more than an uqiyyah," an uqiyyah being forty dirhams, so I returned without asking him.Later, some barley and raisins were brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he gave us a share of it until Allah made us self-sufficient.
قال الحارث بن مسكين قراءة عليه وأنا أسمع عن ابن القاسم قال أنبأنا مالك عن زيد بن أسلم عن عطاء بن يسار
نزلت أنا وأهلي ببقيع الغرقد فقالت لي أهلي اذهب إلى رسول الله ﷺ فسله لنا شيئا نأكله فذهبت إلى رسول الله ﷺ فوجدت عنده رجلا يسأله ورسول الله ﷺ يقول لا أجد ما أعطيك فولى الرجل عنه وهو مغضب وهو يقول لعمري إنك لتعطي من شئت قال رسول الله ﷺ إنه ليغضب علي أن لا أجد ما أعطيه من سأل منكم وله أوقية أو عدلها فقد سأل إلحافا قال الأسدي فقلت للقحة لنا خير من أوقية والأوقية أربعون درهما فرجعت ولم أسأله فقدم على رسول الله ﷺ بعد ذلك شعير وزبيب فقسم لنا منه حتى أغنانا الله عز وجل
[Its isnad is sahih]. Abu Dawud narrated it in Zakat, chapter "Who may be given from charity, and the limit of wealth," hadith no. 1627, through the hadith of Malik, with the same wording. It is also found in Muwatta (Yahya's recension), 2/999, and in Kubra, hadith no. 2377. The anonymity of a companion does not harm the report, as is established in the principles of hadith.