Hadith 5:888
Ghundar narrated to us, from Shu'bah, who said: I heard Abu Hamzah narrating from Hilal bin Husayn, who said: I stayed at the house of Abu Sa'id, and the gathering brought us together. He narrated to me that he woke up one day having tied a stone to his stomach due to hunger. He said: So I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and I caught part of his speech while he was saying: "Whoever seeks to be chaste, Allah will make him chaste; and whoever seeks to be self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient; and whoever asks of us, we will either give to him or console him; and for one to be self-sufficient from us is better for him than to ask of us." He said: So I returned, and I did not ask him for anything.
حدثنا غندر عن شعبة قال سمعت أبا حمزة يحدث عن هلال بن حصين قال نزلت دار أبي سعيد فضمني وأياه المجلس فحدثني أنه أصبح ذات يوم وقد عصب على بطنه من الجوع قال فأتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأدركت من قوله وهو يقول من يستعفف يعفه الله ومن يستغن يغنه الله ومن سألنا اما أن نبذل له وأما أن نواسيه ومن يستغن عنا خير له من أن يسألنا قال فرجعت فما سألته شيئا