THE DISCIPLINE OF THE PROPHET, praise and peace be upon him H 593 "The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, saw a dry date lying in the street and said, 'If I were not afraid that it might have been meant for charity I would have eaten it.'" R 593 Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Anas who related this hadith.
588- وعن أنسٍ رضي الله عنه : أنَّ النبيَّ صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وَجَدَ تَمْرَةً فِي الطَّرِيقِ ، فَقَالَ : "لَوْلاَ أنِّي أخَافُ أنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَة لأَكَلْتُهَا" متفقٌ عَلَيْهِ .