Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 2588
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ نَاسًا، مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ سَأَلُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ فَأَعْطَاهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا نَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ " مَا يَكُونُ عِنْدِي مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَلَنْ أَدَّخِرَهُ عَنْكُمْ وَمَنْ يَسْتَعْفِفْ يُعِفَّهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ يَصْبِرْ يُصَبِّرْهُ اللَّهُ وَمَا أُعْطِيَ أَحَدٌ عَطَاءً هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَأَوْسَعُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ " .
Qutaybah reported from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Ata ibn Yazid, from Abu Saeed al-Khudri, that some people from the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for something, and he gave it to them. They asked him again, and he gave it to them, until what he had was exhausted. He said: Whatever good I have, I will never withhold from you. Whoever seeks self-restraint, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will grant it to him; whoever strives to be patient, Allah will grant him patience. No one is given a gift better or more abundant than patience.
Translation notes
The report describes repeated giving until the Prophet supply was exhausted and then teaches self-restraint and patience.