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Sahih Muslim, 1071 c
sahih

Anas b. Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) found a date and said:

Were it not (that I fear) it may be part of sadaqa, I would have eaten it.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَجَدَ تَمْرَةً فَقَالَ ‏

‏ لَوْلاَ أَنْ تَكُونَ صَدَقَةً لأَكَلْتُهَا ‏

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References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 12, Hadith 217
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 5, Hadith 2346 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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