عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ رضى الله عنه، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «مَا مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا سَيُكَلِّمُهُ رَبُّهُ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ تُرْجُمَانٌ، فَيَنْظُرُ أَيْمَنَ مِنْهُ فَلا يَرَى إِلَّا مَا قَدَّمَ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ، وَيَنْظُرُ أَشْأَمَ مِنْهُ فَلا يَرَى إِلَّا مَا قَدَّمَ، وَيَنْظُرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَلا يَرَى إِلَّا النَّارَ تِلْقَاءَ وَجْهِهِ، فَاتَّقُوا النَّارَ وَلَوْ بِشِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ، فَبِكَلِمَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ».
‘Adiy ibn Ḥātim narrated that God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said:
God shall speak to every single one of you, with no interpreter between Him and you. A person shall look to his right and will see nothing but what he has done; and shall look to his left and will see nothing but what he has done; and shall look in front of him and only see the Fire facing him. Guard yourselves against the Fire, even with half a date. Whoever does not find that, then even with a good word.
Related by al-Bukhari, 7512; Muslim, 1016.
Abu Ṭarīf ‘Adiy ibn Ḥātim ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Sa‘d al-Ṭāʼī was the son of Ḥātim al-Ṭāʼī who was renowned for his generosity. ‘Adiy was a Christian who visited the Prophet (peace be upon him) and noticed his character. He embraced Islam in Year 9 or 10 AH, 631 or 632 CE. When God’s Messenger passed away, he brought the zakat due from his tribe and handed it over to Caliph Abu Bakr al-Ṣiddīq. This was during the time that several Arabian tribes had reverted to disbelief. ‘Adiy and his people remained faithful to Islam. He took part in the liberation of Iraq. He passed away in Kufah, Iraq, in Year 67 AH 687 CE, at the age of 120.
