[Machine] His mother said to him, "Why don't you go and ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, just as people ask him?" So I went and asked him, and I found him standing and giving a speech, saying, "Whoever seeks forgiveness, Allah will forgive him, and whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will make him self-sufficient, and whoever asks people while he has enough for himself, he has sought a means of begging." So I said to myself, "We have a camel that is better than five dinars for him, and his servant has another camel that is better than five dinars." So I returned without asking him.  

أَنَّهُ قَالَتْ لَهُ أُمُّهُ أَلَا تَنْطَلِقُ فَتَسْأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَمَا يَسْأَلُهُ النَّاسُ فَانْطَلَقْتُ أَسْأَلُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَائِمًا يَخْطُبُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتَعَفَّ أَعَفَّهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ اسْتَغْنَى أَغْنَاهُ اللهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَ النَّاسَ وَلَهُ عِدْلُ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ فَقَدْ سَأَلَ إِلْحَافًا فَقُلْتُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ نَفْسِي لَنَاقَةٌ لَهُ هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ وَلِغُلَامِهِ نَاقَةٌ أُخْرَى هِيَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ خَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ فَرَجَعْتُ وَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ