الثالث والعشرون: عن عدي بن حاتم رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت
النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «اتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرةٍ» وفي رواية لهما عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «ما منكم من أحد إلا سيكلمه ربه ليس بينه وبينه ترجمان فينظر أيمن منه فلا يرى إلا ما قدم، وينظر أشأم منه فلا يرى إلا ما قدم، ينظر بين يديه فلا يرى إلا النار تلقاء وجهه، فاتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرة، فمن لم يجد فبكلمة طيبةٍ»
I heard the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Protect yourself from (Hell) Fire, by giving of half of a date (in charity)”. In another narration Adi ibn Hatim (radiyallahu anhu) reported Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: “Allah will surely speak with everyone of you without an interpreter. He (the man) will look at his right side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before, and he will look to his left side and will see nothing but (the deeds) which he had done before.
Then he will look in front of him and will find nothing but Hell-fire facing him. So protect (yourselves) from (Hell) Fire, by giving in charity even half a date; and if he does not finds it, then with a kind word”.