12. The Book of Zakat

١٢۔ كتاب الزكاة

12.21 Encouragement to give charity even if it is with half a date or a kind word. And charity is a shield against the fire.

١٢۔٢١ باب الْحَثِّ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ أَوْ كَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَأَنَّهَا حِجَابٌ مِنْ النَّارِ

(596) bukhari:1417Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbdullāh b. Maʿqil > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

I heard the the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Protect yourself from Hellfire even by giving half a date ˹in charity˺."  

(٥٩٦) البخاري:١٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَعْقِلٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَدِيَّ بْنَ حَاتِمٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «اتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ۔»  

(597) bukhari:6539ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > Khaythamah > ʿAdī b. Ḥātim

The Prophet ﷺ said, "There will be none among you but will be talked to by Allah on the Day of Resurrection, without there being an interpreter between him and Him (Allah) . He will look and see nothing ahead of him, and then he will look (again for the second time) in front of him, and the (Hell) Fire will confront him. So, whoever among you can save himself from the Fire, should do so even with one half of a date (to give in charity).  

(٥٩٧) البخاري:٦٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَيْثَمَةُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ إِلاَّ وَسَيُكَلِّمُهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَيْسَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا قُدَّامَهُ ثُمَّ يَنْظُرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَتَسْتَقْبِلُهُ النَّارُ فَمَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَتَّقِيَ النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ