Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Allah! I can neither give you anything nor deprive you of anything. I am merely a treasurer (and distributor); I act according to the command I receive.

It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This world is lush and sweet. If we give someone more than his share with a cheerful heart and without his greed, then there is blessing in it for him. But if we give someone something reluctantly and because of his greed, then there is no blessing in it for him.

Hilal bin Husayn says: I stayed with Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him). We gathered in a gathering, and Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that once he spent the morning in such a state that, due to the severity of hunger, he had tied a stone to his stomach. His wife or mother said to him: Go to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and ask him for something. When so-and-so went and asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he gave him, and similarly, so-and-so also went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked, and he also gave him. I (Abu Sa'id) replied: I will first try to obtain something (by some other means), then I did so, but I did not get anything from anywhere. Eventually, I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and at that time he was delivering a sermon. At that time, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was saying: Whoever refrains from asking, Allah will protect him, and whoever adopts contentment, Allah will make him content, and whoever asks us for something, we will give him something. However, whoever refrains from asking us and adopts contentment, he will be more beloved to us than the one who asks. Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him) says: After hearing this hadith, I returned and did not ask the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for anything, but Allah provided us with so much sustenance that I do not know of any household among the Ansar who is wealthier than us.

Narrated by Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him), he says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever practices patience, Allah will make him patient; whoever adopts self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whoever refrains from asking, Allah will protect him from need. And I do not find anything better for you than patience.

The companion of the Messenger, Hibban bin Buh Saidai, may Allah be pleased with him, says: Some people of my tribe became disbelievers, so I was informed that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, had prepared an army to confront them. I presented myself before you, peace and blessings be upon him, and said that my tribe is still upon Islam. You, peace and blessings be upon him, asked: Is it really so? I said: Yes. Then I stayed with you, peace and blessings be upon him, throughout the night until morning. In the morning, I gave the call to prayer. When morning came, you, peace and blessings be upon him, gave me a vessel so that I could perform ablution. When you, peace and blessings be upon him, put your fingers into that vessel, springs gushed forth from them. Then you, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whoever among you wishes to perform ablution, let him do so. So I performed ablution and offered prayer. You, peace and blessings be upon him, appointed me as the leader of my tribe and gave me the alms that had been collected from them. A man stood up and came to the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: So-and-so has wronged me. Upon hearing this, the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: There is no good for a Muslim in leadership. After that, another man came and asked you, peace and blessings be upon him, for charity. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Charity is a cause of headache and stomach burning or illness. Hearing these sayings of you, peace and blessings be upon him, I returned the position of leadership and the responsibility of receiving alms to you, peace and blessings be upon him. You, peace and blessings be upon him, asked: What is the matter? I said: How can I accept this responsibility when you have said such things about it? You, peace and blessings be upon him, said: The matter is as you have heard.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took from me the pledge five times, took a firm covenant seven times, and made Allah a witness over me nine times that I would not fear the blame of any blamer regarding Allah. Abu Muthanna says that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me and said: Are you ready to pledge allegiance to me on such a condition for which you will be granted Paradise? I said: Yes, then I extended my hand. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified this condition for me, saying: You will not ask people for anything. I said: Yes, that is fine. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Even if your whip falls down, do not ask for it, rather, get down yourself and pick it up.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: We, six or seven or eight individuals, presented ourselves before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to us: Pledge allegiance to me. I said: O Prophet of Allah! We have already pledged allegiance to you. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) again said: Pledge allegiance to me. So we pledged allegiance to him (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) took from us the same pledge as he took from others. After that, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said a word to us in a low tone, and that was: Do not ask people for anything.

Mawla-e-Rasool Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Who is there who will guarantee me one thing, and I will guarantee him Paradise? I said: I (am present for this). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Then do not ask people for anything. When Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) would be riding and his stick would fall, he would not ask anyone to pick it up for him, rather he would get down from his mount himself and pick it up.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: Whenever the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would give me something, I would say that you should give this to someone who is more in need than me, until once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me some wealth and I said: O Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), give this wealth to someone more needy than me. But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You take it and become its owner, and (then if you wish) give it in charity. Whatever wealth comes to you without greed and without asking, you should accept it, and whatever does not come in this way, do not let your soul pursue it.

Matlab bin Hantab says: Abdullah bin Aamir sent some expenses and clothing to Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), but she said to the messenger: My dear son! I do not accept anything from anyone. When he left, Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Call him back. When the people called him back, she said: I remembered something that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had said to me, "Aisha! If someone gives you something without you asking for it, then accept it, because this is a provision that Allah Almighty has sent to you."