Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا حَمْزَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ هِلَالِ بْنِ حِصْنٍ قَالَ نَزَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ فَضَمَّنِي وَإِيَّاهُ الْمَجْلِسُ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَ أَنَّهُ أَصْبَحَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَقَدْ عَصَبَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ حَجَرًا مِنْ الْجُوعِ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ امْرَأَتُهُ أَوْ أُمُّهُ ائْتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَقَدْ أَتَاهُ فُلَانٌ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ وَأَتَاهُ فُلَانٌ فَسَأَلَهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ فَقَالَ قُلْتُ حَتَّى أَلْتَمِسَ شَيْئًا قَالَ فَالْتَمَسْتُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ شَيْئًا فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَأَدْرَكْتُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتَعَفَّ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ اسْتَغْنَى يُغْنِهِ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ سَأَلَنَا إِمَّا أَنْ نَبْذُلَ لَهُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نُوَاسِيَهُ أَبُو حَمْزَةَ الشَّاكُّ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعِفُّ عَنَّا أَوْ يَسْتَغْنِي أَحَبُّ إِلَيْنَا مِمَّنْ يَسْأَلُنَا قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ فَمَا سَأَلْتُهُ شَيْئًا فَمَا زَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَرْزُقُنَا حَتَّى مَا أَعْلَمُ فِي الْأَنْصَارِ أَهْلَ بَيْتٍ أَكْثَرَ أَمْوَالًا مِنَّا حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنِي أَبُو حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ هِلَالَ بْنَ حِصْنٍ أَخَا بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَنَزَلْتُ دَارَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ.
English Translation
Muhammad ibn Ja'far and Hajjaj narrated to us, they said: Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: I heard Abu Hamzah narrating from Hilal ibn Hisn, who said: I stayed with Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, and the gathering brought us together. He related that one day he woke up having tied a stone over his stomach from hunger, and his wife — or his mother — said to him: "Go to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and ask him, for so-and-so went to him and asked him and he gave him, and so-and-so went to him and asked him and he gave him." He said: I said, "Until I look for something." He said: I searched — Hajjaj said: but I found nothing — so I went to him while he was delivering a sermon, and I caught up with his words while he was saying: "Whoever refrains from asking, Allah will make him self-restrained; whoever seeks independence, Allah will make him independent; and whoever asks us, either we give to him or we help support him" — Abu Hamzah was uncertain — "and whoever refrains from asking us or seeks independence from us is more beloved to us than one who asks us." He said: I went back and did not ask him for anything, and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, continued to provide for us until I do not know of any household among the Ansar with more wealth than us. Husayn ibn Muhammad narrated to us, Shu'bah narrated to us, he said: Abu Hamzah informed me, he said: I heard Hilal ibn Hisn, the brother of Banu Qays ibn Tha'labah, say: I came to Madinah and stayed at the house of Abu Sa'id, and he mentioned the hadith.