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 " .
And the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: By Allah, when I return to my house and I see a date fallen on my bed or inside the house, I pick it up to eat it, but then I fear that it might be from charity, so I set it aside.