‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) divided some wealth, and I said to him: "O Messenger of Allah, were not other than those people more deserving of it than them?" He replied: "They left me no alternative but that…
"إنهم خيروني أن يسألوني بالفحش فأعطيهم، أو يبخلوني، ولست بباخل"