Does what was narrated from Al-Bukhari, that he abandoned supplicating for worldly needs out of fear that his supplication would be answered quickly, thus diminishing his good deeds, contradict Allah’s saying: "And your Lord said: 'Call upon Me; I will respond to you'"?

It is reported about Imam Al-Bukhari something similar to what appeared in "Siyar A'lam al-Nubala'" and "Tarikh al-Islam" by Al-Dhahabi, where Al-Bukhari said: "It is not befitting for a Muslim to be in a state where if he supplicates, his prayer is not answered." When asked if he had experienced this, he said: "Yes, I supplicated to my Lord twice, and He answered me. I would not like to supplicate after that, lest it diminish my good deeds or hasten for me things in this world." He also mentioned the story of his hunger and how he was given a purse of dinars without asking for it.

Al-Bukhari did not abandon supplicating to Allah; rather, he refrained from asking for worldly matters, out of piety and asceticism, emulating some of the righteous predecessors and the Prophet, peace be upon him, who did not pray for his community to have an abundance of worldly possessions, saying: "Those are a people whose good things were hastened for them in the worldly life."