Sayyiduna Abu Sa’id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) says: My mother sent me to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) so that I might ask him for something. When I reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and sat there, he turned towards me and said: Whoever wishes to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient; whoever seeks chastity (abstains from asking people), Allah will make him chaste; whoever seeks sufficiency from Allah, Allah will suffice him. And if someone who owns the value of one uqiyah asks (begs), he will be insistent in asking (which is not his right). Upon hearing this, Abu Sa’id (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I thought that my Yaquatah she-camel is better than one uqiyah, so I returned and did not ask.