\nNarrated Abu Wail:\n \n\nHudhaifa said, "`Umar said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) \nabout afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. \nHow did he say it?' I said, 'A man's afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife, children and \nneighbors are expiated by (his) prayers, charity, and enjoining good.' (The sub-narrator Sulaiman \nadded that he said, 'The prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding evil.') `Umar said, 'I did not \nmean that, but I ask about that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I said, 'O chief of \nthe believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.' He asked, \n'Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied, 'No, it will be broken.' He said, 'Then, if it is broken, it \nwill never be closed again?' I replied, 'Yes.' " Then we were afraid to ask what that door was, so we \nasked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhaifa regarding it. Hudhaifa said, "The door was `Umar. \n"We further asked Hudhaifa whether `Umar knew what that door meant. Hudhaifa replied in the \naffirmative and added, "He knew it as one knows that there will be a night before the tomorrow \nmorning."\n

\nNarrated Abu Wail:\n \n\nHudhaifa said, "`Umar said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (p.b.u.h) \nabout afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet (ﷺ) had said it.' `Umar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. \nHow did he say it?' I said, 'A man's afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife, children and \nneighbors are expiated by (his) prayers, charity, and enjoining good.' (The sub-narrator Sulaiman \nadded that he said, 'The prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding evil.') `Umar said, 'I did not \nmean that, but I ask about that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I said, 'O chief of \nthe believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.' He asked, \n'Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied, 'No, it will be broken.' He said, 'Then, if it is broken, it \nwill never be closed again?' I replied, 'Yes.' " Then we were afraid to ask what that door was, so we \nasked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhaifa regarding it. Hudhaifa said, "The door was `Umar. \n"We further asked Hudhaifa whether `Umar knew what that door meant. Hudhaifa replied in the \naffirmative and added, "He knew it as one knows that there will be a night before the tomorrow \nmorning."\n

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْفِتْنَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَنَا أَحْفَظُهُ كَمَا قَالَ‏.‏ قَالَ إِنَّكَ عَلَيْهِ لَجَرِيءٌ فَكَيْفَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالْمَعْرُوفُ‏.‏ قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ قَدْ كَانَ يَقُولُ ‏\n"‏ الصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ، وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ لَيْسَ هَذِهِ أُرِيدُ، وَلَكِنِّي أُرِيدُ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ بِهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَأْسٌ، بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا باب مُغْلَقٌ‏.‏ قَالَ فَيُكْسَرُ الْبَابُ أَوْ يُفْتَحُ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ‏.‏ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَإِنَّهُ إِذَا كُسِرَ لَمْ يُغْلَقْ أَبَدًا‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَجَلْ‏.‏ فَهِبْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ مَنِ الْبَابُ فَقُلْنَا لِمَسْرُوقٍ سَلْهُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْنَا فَعَلِمَ عُمَرُ مَنْ تَعْنِي قَالَ نَعَمْ، كَمَا أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ لَيْلَةً، وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي حَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ‏.‏