Messenger of Allah, I swear by God, the others besides them were more deserving than these (to whom you gave charity). He said: They had in fact left no other alternative for me. but (that they should) either beg importunately from me or they would regard me as a miser, but I am not a miser.

عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَسْمًا فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاَءِ كَانَ أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ إِنَّهُمْ خَيَّرُونِي أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ shared out (some booty) and I said: O Messenger of Allah, others are more deserving of this than them: ahlus-suffah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ʿYou are giving me the choice of having you ask importunately or regard me as a miser, and I am not a miser.ʿ

قَالَسَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قِسْمَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاءِ أَحَقُّ مِنْهُمْ أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّكُمْ تُخَيِّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ وَبَيْنَ أَنْ تُبَخِّلُونِي وَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ shared out (some wealth) and I said, "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, others deserved to have it more than these people." He said: "They gave me the choice of having them ask importunately or regard me as a miser, and I am not a miser."

قَسَمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قِسْمَةً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَغَيْرُ هَؤُلاءِ أَحَقُّ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّهُمْ خَيَّرُونِي بَيْنَ أَنْ يَسْأَلُونِي بِالْفُحْشِ أَوْ يُبَخِّلُونِي فَلَسْتُ بِبَاخِلٍ

"إِنَّكُمْ تُخَيِّرُونى بين أن تسألونى بالفحشِ، وبين أن تُبَخِّلونى ولستُ بباخل".