'Abdullah said, "When one of you seeks something he needs, he should
ask for something small. He will have what is decreed for him. None of
you should go to his companion and then praise him and thus break his back."
Abu 'Izza Yassar ibn 'Abdullah al-Hudhali reported that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When Allah wants a slave
to die in a particular country, he makes him have some reason for being
there.…