Sahih al-Bukhari 6831 (Book 92, Hadith 47)
statement of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the afflictions?’ Hudhaifa said, “The affliction of a man in his family,
his property, his children and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, Zakat (and alms) and
enjoining good and forbidding evil.” `Umar said, “I do not ask you about these afflictions, but about
those afflictions which will move like the waves of the sea.” Hudhaifa said, “Don’t worry about it, O
chief of the believers, for there is a closed door between you and them.” `Umar said, “Will that door
be broken or opened?” I said, “No. it will be broken.” `Umar said, “Then it will never be closed,” I
said, “Yes.” We asked Hudhaifa, “Did `Umar know what that door meant?” He replied, “Yes, as I
know that there will be night before tomorrow morning, that is because I narrated to him a true
narration free from errors.” We dared not ask Hudhaifa as to whom the door represented so we
ordered Masruq to ask him what does the door stand for? He replied, “`Umar.”
“ فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ، تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ”. قَالَ لَيْسَ عَنْ هَذَا أَسْأَلُكَ، وَلَكِنِ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ. قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا بَأْسٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا. قَالَ عُمَرُ أَيُكْسَرُ الْبَابُ أَمْ يُفْتَحُ قَالَ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ. قَالَ عُمَرُ إِذًا لاَ يُغْلَقَ أَبَدًا. قُلْتُ أَجَلْ. قُلْنَا لِحُذَيْفَةَ أَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَعْلَمُ الْبَابَ قَالَ نَعَمْ كَمَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ لَيْلَةً، وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي حَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ. فَهِبْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَهُ مَنِ الْبَابُ فَأَمَرْنَا مَسْرُوقًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ مَنِ الْبَابُ قَالَ عُمَرُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 6831 (Book 92, Hadith 47)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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