Hudhaifa said, "ʿUmar said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Messenger of Allah ﷺ about afflictions'?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet ﷺ had said it.' ʿUmar said, 'No doubt, you are bold. How did he say it?' I said, 'A man's afflictions (wrong deeds) concerning his wife, children and neighbors are expiated by (his) prayers, charity, and enjoining good.' (The sub-narrator Sulaiman added that he said, 'The prayer, charity, enjoining good and forbidding evil.')

ʿUmar said, 'I did not mean that, but I ask about that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I said, 'O chief of the believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.' He asked, 'Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied, 'No, it will be broken.' He said, 'Then, if it is broken, it will never be closed again?' I replied, 'Yes.' " Then we were afraid to ask what that door was, so we asked Masruq to inquire, and he asked Hudhaifa regarding it. Hudhaifa said, "The door was ʿUmar. "We further asked Hudhaifa whether ʿUmar knew what that door meant. Hudhaifa replied in the affirmative and added, "He knew it as one knows that there will be a night before the tomorrow morning."  

قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ 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: 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 بَابٌ 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 ؓ: قَالَ قُلْنَا۔ فَعَلِمَ عُمَرُ مَنْ تَعْنِي۔ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كَمَا أَنَّ دُونَ غَدٍ لَيْلَةً۔ وَذَلِكَ أَنِّي حَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ  

We were one day in the company of 'Umar that he said: Who amongst you has preserved in his mind most perfectly the hadith of Messenger of Allah ﷺ in regard to the turmoil as he told about it? I said: It is I. Thereupon he said: You are bold (enough to make this claim). And he further said: How? I said: I heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: There would (first) be turmoil for a person in regard to his family, his property, his own self, his children, his neighbours (and the sins committed in their connection) would be expiated by fasting, prayer, charity, enjoining good and prohibiting evil. Thereupon 'Umar said: I do not mean (that turmoil on a small scale) but that one which would emerge like the mounting waves of the ocean. I said: Commander of the Faithful, you have nothing to do with it, for the door is closed between you and that. He said: Would that door be broken or opened? I said: No, it would be broken. Thereupon he said: Then it would not be closed despite best efforts. We said to Hudhaifa: Did Umar know the door? Thereupon he said: Yes, he knew it (for certain) just as one knows that night precedes the next day. And I narrated to him something in which there was nothing fabricated. Shaqiq (one of the narrators) said: We dared not ask Hudhaifa about that door. So we requested Masruq to ask him. So he asked him and he said: (By that door, he meant) 'Umar.  

أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ حَدِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَجَرِيءٌ وَكَيْفَ قَالَ قَالَ قُلْتُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَنَفْسِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ يُكَفِّرُهَا الصِّيَامُ وَالصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَيْسَ هَذَا أُرِيدُ إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ الَّتِي 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 إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ قَالَ فَهِبْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَ حُذَيْفَةَ مَنِ الْبَابُ فَقُلْنَا لِمَسْرُوقٍ سَلْهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ  

We were sitting in the company of Umar and he said: Who amongst you has heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ talking about the turmoil? Some people said: It is we who heard it. Upon this be remarked: Perhaps by turmoil you presume the unrest of man in regard to his household or neighbour, they replied: Yes. He ('Umar) observed: Such (an unrest) would be done away with by prayer, fasting and charity. But who amongst you has heard from the Apostle ﷺ describing that turmoil which would come like the wave of the ocean. Hudhaifa said: The people hushed into silence, I replied: It is I. He ('Umar) said: Ye, well, your father was also very pious. Hudhaifa said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be, upon him ) observing: Temptations will be presented to men's hearts as reed mat is woven stick by stick and any heart which is impregnated by them will have a black mark put into it, but any heart which rejects them will have a white mark put in it. The result is that there will become two types of hearts: one white like a white stone which will not be harmed by any turmoil or temptation, so long as the heavens and the earth endure; and the other black and dust-coloured like a vessel which is upset, not recognizing what is good or rejecting what is abominable, but being impregnated with passion.

Hudhaifa said: I narrated to him ('Umar): There is between you and that (turmoil) a closed door, but there is every likelihood of its being broken. 'Umar said: Would it be broken? You have, been rendered fatherless. Had it been opened, it would have been perhaps closed also. I said: No, it would be broken, and I narrated to him: Verily that door implies a person who would be killed or die. There is no mistake in this hadith. Abu Khalid narrated: I said to Sa'd, O Abu Malik, what do you mean by the term" Aswad Murbadda"? He replied: High degree of whiteness in blackness. I said: What is meant by" Alkoozu Mujakhiyyan"? He replied: A vessel turned upside down.  

كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الْفِتَنَ فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ نَحْنُ سَمِعْنَاهُ فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْنُونَ فِتْنَةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَجَارِهِ قَالُوا أَجَلْ قَالَ تِلْكَ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ وَالصِّيَامُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَلَكِنْ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَذْكُرُ الْفِتَنَ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ مَوْجَ الْبَحْرِ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ فَأَسْكَتَ الْقَوْمُ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ أَنْتَ لِلَّهِ أَبُوكَ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ تُعْرَضُ الْفِتَنُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ كَالْحَصِيرِ عُودًا عُودًا فَأَىُّ قَلْبٍ أُشْرِبَهَا نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ وَأَىُّ قَلْبٍ أَنْكَرَهَا نُكِتَ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ حَتَّى تَصِيرَ عَلَى قَلْبَيْنِ عَلَى أَبْيَضَ مِثْلِ الصَّفَا فَلاَ تَضُرُّهُ فِتْنَةٌ مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَوَاتُ وَالأَرْضُ وَالآخَرُ أَسْوَدُ مُرْبَادًّا كَالْكُوزِ مُجَخِّيًا لاَ يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا وَلاَ يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا إِلاَّ مَا أُشْرِبَ مِنْ هَوَاهُ

قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَحَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا يُوشِكُ أَنْ يُكْسَرَ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَكَسْرًا لاَ أَبَا لَكَ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُ فُتِحَ لَعَلَّهُ كَانَ يُعَادُ قُلْتُ لاَ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ وَحَدَّثْتُهُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْبَابَ رَجُلٌ يُقْتَلُ أَوْ يَمُوتُ حَدِيثًا لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ قَالَ أَبُو خَالِدٍ فَقُلْتُ لِسَعْدٍ يَا أَبَا مَالِكٍ مَا أَسْوَدُ مُرْبَادًّا قَالَ شِدَّةُ الْبَيَاضِ فِي سَوَادٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْكُوزُ مُجَخِّيًا قَالَ مَنْكُوسًا  

[Machine] He came from Umar and said, "When we sat with him yesterday, he asked the companions of Muhammad ﷺ , 'Which of you has heard a statement from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about trials?' They said, 'We have heard it.' He said, 'Perhaps you mean the trial of a man with his family and wealth?' They said, 'Yes.' He said, 'I am not asking about that. As for that, prayer, fasting, and charity expiate it. But which of you has heard a statement from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the trials that toss about like waves of the sea?' The people remained silent, and I thought that he was addressing me. So I said, 'I have.' He said, 'You are a father to Allah.' He said, 'The trials are presented to the hearts - just like a reed mat. Any heart that rejects them will have a white spot placed in it, and any heart that agrees to them will have a black spot placed in it. Until the heart becomes like two white hearts, neither trial will harm it as long as the heavens and the earth remain. And the latter will be black and murky, like a boiling cauldron. And it will be filled with hopes, not knowing the good or rejecting the evil, except for what it has been made to drink from its whims.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَدِمَ مِنْ عِنْدِ عُمَرَ قَالَ لَمَّا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ أَمْسِ سَأَلَ أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتَنِ؟ فَقَالُوا نَحْنُ سَمِعْنَاهُ قَالَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْنُونَ فِتْنَةَ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ؟ قَالُوا أَجَلْ قَالَ لَسْتُ عَنْ تِلْكَ أَسْأَلُ تِلْكَ يُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلَاةُ وَالصِّيَامُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَلَكِنْ أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتَنِ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ مَوْجَ الْبَحْرِ؟ قَالَ فَأَسْكَتَ الْقَوْمُ وَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ إِيَّايَ يُرِيدُ قُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ لِي أَنْتَ لِلَّهِ أَبُوكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ تُعْرَضُ الْفِتَنُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ عَرْضَ الْحَصِيرِ فَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ أَنْكَرَهَا نُكِتَتْ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ وَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ أُشْرِبَهَا نُكِتَتْ فِيهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ حَتَّى يَصِيرَ الْقَلْبُ عَلَى قَلْبَيْنِ أَبْيَضَ مِثْلِ الصَّفَا لَا تَضُرُّهُ فِتْنَةٌ مَا دَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَالْآخَرِ أَسْوَدَ مُرْبَدٍّ كَالْكُوزِ مُجَخِّيًا وَأَمَالَ كَفَّهُ لَا يَعْرِفُ مَعْرُوفًا وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا إِلَّا مَا أُشْرِبَ مِنْ هَوَاهُ  

[Machine] On the authority of Nu'bayth bin Sharit, on the authority of Hudayfah, he said: "Trials are presented to the hearts, so whichever heart rejects it, a white dot is placed in his heart. And if a heart does not reject it, a black dot is placed in his heart. Then, another trial is presented to the hearts, so if the heart that rejected it in the first instance rejects it again, a white dot is placed in his heart. And if it does not reject it, a black dot is placed in his heart. Then, another trial is presented to the hearts, so if the heart that rejected it in the previous instances rejects it again, it becomes stronger, purer, and whiter, and no trial will harm it thereafter. But if it does not reject it in the previous instances, it becomes more black, corrupted, and inverted. Then, he will neither recognize the truth nor reject falsehood."  

عَنْ نُبَيْطِ بْنِ شَرِيطٍ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ «تُعْرَضُ فِتْنَةٌ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ فَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ أَنْكَرَهَا نُكِتَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ وَأَيُّ قَلْبٍ لَمْ يُنْكِرْهَا نُكِتَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ ثُمَّ تُعْرَضُ فِتْنَةٌ أُخْرَى عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ فَإِنْ أَنْكَرَهَا الْقَلْبُ الَّذِي أَنْكَرَهَا فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى نُكِتَتْ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ بَيْضَاءُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يُنْكِرْهَا نُكِتَتْ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ ثُمَّ تُعْرَضُ فِتْنَةٌ أُخْرَى عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ فَإِنْ أَنْكَرَهَا الَّذِي أَنْكَرَهَا فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ اشْتَدَّ وَابْيَضَّ وَصَفَا وَلَمْ تَضُرَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ أَبَدًا وَإِنْ لَمْ يُنْكِرْهَا فِي الْمَرَّتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ اسْوَدَّ وَارْتَدَّ وَنَكَسَ فَلَا يَعْرِفُ حَقًّا وَلَا يُنْكِرُ مُنْكَرًا»  

[Machine] "The temptations are presented to the hearts one after another like a reed mat. Thus, any heart that accepts them will have a black spot embedded in it, and any heart that rejects them will have a white spot. Until the heart becomes as white as a clean sheet, it will not be harmed by any temptation as long as the heavens and the earth exist. However, the other heart is black, filthy, like a dirty pot. It does not recognize goodness nor does it reject evil, except for what it desires."  

"تُعْرَضُ الفتن عَلَى القُلُوب عَرْضَ الحَصِير عُودًا عودًا؛ فَأَيُّ قَلْب أُشْربَهَا نُكِتَ فيه نُكْتةٌ سوْدَاءٌ، وَأَيَّ قلب أَنْكَرَها نُكتَ فيه نُكْتَةٌ بَيصْاءُ، حتَّى يَصِيرَ القلبُ أَبْيَضَ مثْلَ الصَّفَا، لا تضُرُّهُ فِتْنَةٌ مَا دامَتْ السَّمَواتُ والأَرْضُ، والآخَرُ أَسْوَدُ، مِرْبَادًا، كَالْكُوزَ مَجْخِيًا، لَا يَعْرفُ مَعْرُوفًا، ولا يُنْكرُ منْكرًا، إلا مَا أُشْربَ مِنْ هَوَاهُ".