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English translation
2415. 'Adī bin Hātīm narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "There is no man among you except that his Lord shall converse with him on the Day of Judgement, there being no interpreter between him and Him (Allāh). Then he looks to the south (his right) and does not see anything except the things he put forward (of good), then he looks to the north (his left) and he does not see anything except the things he put forward (of evil), then he turns to look before him to find he is facing the Fire."
The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Whoever among you is able to protect his face from [the heat of] the Fire – even with a piece of a date – then let him do so." (Ṣaḥīḥ)[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ].
Abū As-Sā'ib narrated to us: "One
day, Waki' narrated this Hadīth to us from Al-'Amash. When Waki' was finished with this Hadīth, he said: 'Whoever is present from the inhabitants of Khurāsān, then let him seek the reward of spreading this Hadīth in Khurāsān.'"
Abū 'Eisā said: The Jahmiyyah rejected this. [Abū As-Sā'ib's name is Salam bin Junādah bin Khālid bin Jābir bin Samurah Al-Kūfī]. This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
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[1] Ar-Riqāq refers to narrations that soften the heart. Al-Wara' means cautious piety.
Commentary
The Hadīth is intended to remind us all that it is but certain that each one of us shall be presented before Allāh for reckoning on the Day of Judgment. He shall then see all his good and bad deeds in visual form as well as the Hellfire raging in all its fury before his eyes. We should, therefore, take all possible steps to avoid it. And among the best protection against it i. e., the heat of the Fire, is the giving of charity, even if it were as little as the dry piece of a date.
