ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى بِاللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَنْ خَلْقِهِ أَغْنَاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ بِفَضْلِهِ

[Machine] "That his family complained to him about their need, so he went out to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to ask him for something for them. He agreed with him on the pulpit and said, 'O people, it is time for you to be independent of asking, for indeed, whoever seeks self-sufficiency, Allah will grant him sufficiency, and whoever seeks richness, Allah will enrich him. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, no servant is given a gift greater and more spacious than patience. And if you refuse except to ask me, I will give you whatever I have found.'"

أَنَّ أَهْلَهُ شَكَوْا إِلَيْهِ الْحَاجَةَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيَسْأَلَهُ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَوَافَقَهُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ قَدْ آنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَسْتَغْنُوا عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفُّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ يَسْتَغْنِ يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا رُزِقَ عَبْدٌ شَيْئًا أَوْسَعَ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ وَلَئِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ إِلَّا أَنْ تَسْأَلُونِي لَأُعْطِيَنَّكُمْ مَا وَجَدْتُ»