Sahih Muslim Book - 52, Hadith - 7268

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَبِى مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى الْفِتْنَةِ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا. قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَجَرِىءٌ وَكَيْفَ قَالَ قَالَ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يَقُولُ « فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِى أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ يُكَفِّرُهَا الصِّيَامُ وَالصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ». فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَيْسَ هَذَا أُرِيدُ إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ الَّتِى تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ - قَالَ - فَقُلْتُ مَا لَكَ وَلَهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا قَالَ أَفَيُكْسَرُ الْبَابُ أَمْ يُفْتَحُ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ. قَالَ ذَلِكَ أَحْرَى أَنْ لاَ يُغْلَقَ أَبَدًا. قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لِحُذَيْفَةَ هَلْ كَانَ عُمَرُ يَعْلَمُ مَنِ الْبَابُ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَمَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ اللَّيْلَةَ إِنِّى حَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ. قَالَ فَهِبْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَ حُذَيْفَةَ مَنِ الْبَابُ فَقُلْنَا لِمَسْرُوقٍ سَلْهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ.

It was narrated from Shaqiq that Hudhaifah said: 'We were with 'Umar and he said: Who amongst you remembers the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about tribulation as he said it? I said: I do. He said: You are bold. What did he say? I said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: "A man's Fitnah (trial) because of his family, his wealth, his own self, his child and his neighbor, these Fitan) may be expiated by As-Siyam (fasting), As-Slat (prayer), As-Sadaqah (charity) and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil." 'Umar said: this is not what I meant. Rather I meant than which will come like waves of the ocean. I said: What have you to do with that, O Commander of the Believers? For between you and that there is a door and that is closed: He said: Will the door be broken or opened? I said: No, it will be broken. He said: Then it will never be closed again. We said to Hudhaifah: ''Did 'Umar know who the door was?" He said: "Yes, just as he knew that before the morrow comes the night. I told him a Hadith in which there was nothing fabricated." We did not dare to ask Hudhaifah who the door was. We said to Masruq: "Ask him." So he asked him, and he said: "(It was) 'Umar."