Hadith #421

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏إِنِّي لَأَنْقَلِبُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَأَجِدُ التَّمْرَةَ سَاقِطَةً عَلَى فِرَاشِي ‏ ‏أَوْ فِي بَيْتِي ‏ ‏فَأَرْفَعُهَا لِآكُلَهَا ثُمَّ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَكُونَ ‏ ‏صَدَقَةً ‏ ‏فَأُلْقِيهَا وَلَا آكُلُهَا ‏

English Translation

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'I sometimes return to my family and find a date fallen on my bed or in my house. I pick it up to eat it, then I fear that it might be from charity, so I put it back.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 18, Hadith 421

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7859

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