Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1821
Arabic hadith text
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: مَرَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِتَمْرَةٍ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ: «لَوْلَا أَنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ لأكلتها»
Translation
Anas said: The Prophet ﷺ came across a date on the road and said, ‘If I did not fear that it might be from alms, I would eat it.’