عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِطَعَامٍ وَأَنَا مَمْلُوكٌ فَقُلْتُ: هَذِهِ صَدَقَةٌ، فَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا وَلَمْ يَأْكُلْ، ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ بِطَعَامٍ فَقُلْتُ: هَذِهِ هَدِيَّةٌ، أَهْدَيْتُهَا لَكَ أَكْرَمَكَ اللَّهُ بِهَا فَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ فَأَمَرَ أَصْحَابَهُ فَأَكَلُوا وَأَكَلَ مَعَهُمْ
Sayyiduna Salman al-Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I was a slave. One day I brought food to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: This is charity. (Upon hearing this) the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed the companions to eat, so they ate, but he himself did not eat. Then one day I brought food and said: May Allah honor you, this is a gift which I have brought for you, because I have seen that you do not eat charity. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed his companions, so they also ate, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate with them.