'Abdullah said, "When one of you seeks something he needs, he should ask for something small. He will have what is decreed for him. None of you should go to his companion and then praise him and thus break his back."  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ إِذَا طَلَبَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحَاجَةَ فَلْيَطْلُبْهَا طَلَبًا يَسِيرًا فَإِنَّمَا لَهُ مَا قُدِّرَ لَهُ وَلاَ يَأْتِي أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ فَيَمْدَحَهُ فَيَقْطَعَ ظَهْرَهُ  

Abu 'Izza Yassar ibn 'Abdullah al-Hudhali reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When Allah wants a slave to die in a particular country, he makes him have some reason for being there."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا أَرَادَ قَبْضَ عَبْدٍ بِأَرْضٍ جَعَلَ لَهُ بِهَا أَوْ فِيهَا أ حَاجَةً