On the authority of ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim (1), from the Prophet, peace be upon him, who said: "Guard yourselves against the Fire, even with half a date" (2).

2553 – Ismāʿīl ibn Masʿūd informed us, saying: Khālid narrated to us, saying: Shuʿbah narrated to us, that ʿAmr ibn Murrah narrated to them, on the authority of Khaythamah, on the authority of ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, mentioned the Fire, and he turned his face away and sought refuge in Allah from it — Shuʿbah mentioned that he did this three times — then he said: "Guard yourselves against the Fire, even with half a date (3); and if you find nothing, then with a kind word" (4).

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(1) His statement: "ibn Ḥātim" is not in (R), and in (K) it bears a mark indicating a variant reading.
(2) Its chain of transmission is sound. Khālid is Ibn al-Ḥārith, and al-Muḥill is Ibn Khalīfah. It appears in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (2344).
It was also narrated by Aḥmad (18254) and Ibn Ḥibbān (473) via multiple paths from Shuʿbah, with this chain of transmission, and in their versions there is the addition: "And if you find nothing, then with a kind word."
It was also narrated by al-Bukhārī (1413) and (3595), and Ibn Ḥibbān (7374) via the path of Abū Mujāhid Saʿd al-Ṭāʾī, from Muḥill ibn Khalīfah, with it, in an expanded form.
It was also narrated by Aḥmad (18252), (18272), and (18274), al-Bukhārī (1417), Muslim (1016): (66), and Ibn Ḥibbān (3311) via the path of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maʿqil, and by Aḥmad (19381), al-Tirmidhī (2953 m) and (2954), and Ibn Ḥibbān (7365) via the path of ʿAbbād ibn Ḥubaysh — both of them from ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, with it. The narration of ʿAbbād ibn Ḥubaysh in Aḥmad and al-Tirmidhī is expanded with the story of ʿAdī's conversion to Islam, may Allah be pleased with him.
It will follow afterward via the path of Khaythamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from ʿAdī ibn Ḥātim, with it.
(3) In (M): "a date."
(4) Its chain of transmission is sound. Khālid is Ibn al-Ḥārith, and Khaythamah is Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. It appears in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (2345).
It was also narrated by Aḥmad (18253), al-Bukhārī (6023) and (6563), and Muslim (1016): (68) via multiple paths from Shuʿbah, with this chain of transmission.
It was also narrated by al-Bukhārī (6540) and following (7512), Muslim (1016): (67) and (68), and Ibn Ḥibbān (666) and (2804) via the path of al-Aʿmash, from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, with it. =