that he had heard Hudhaifa saying, "Once I was sitting with ʿUmar and he said, 'Who amongst you remembers the statement of Messenger of Allah ﷺ about the afflictions?' I said, 'I know it as the Prophet ﷺ had said it.' ʿUmar said, 'No doubt you are bold.' I said, 'The afflictions caused for a man by his wife, money, children and neighbor are expiated by his prayers, fasting, charity and by enjoining (what is good) and forbidding (what is evil).' ʿUmar said, 'I did not mean that but I asked about that affliction which will spread like the waves of the sea.' I (Hudhaifa) said, 'O leader of the faithful believers! You need not be afraid of it as there is a closed door between you and it.' ʿUmar asked, Will the door be broken or opened?' I replied, 'It will be broken.' ʿUmar said, 'Then it will never be closed again.'

I was asked whether ʿUmar knew that door. I replied that he knew it as one knows that there will be night before the tomorrow morning. I narrated a Hadith that was free from any misstatement" The subnarrator added that they deputized Masruq to ask Hudhaifa (about the door). Hudhaifa said, "The door was ʿUmar himself."  

كُنَّا جُلُوسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْفِتْنَةِ؟ قُلْتُ: أَنَا كَمَا قَالَهُ۔ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ عَلَيْهَا لَجَرِيءٌ۔ قُلْتُ: «فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ تُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّوْمُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالأَمْرُ وَالنَّهْىُ۔» قَالَ: لَيْسَ هَذَا أُرِيدُ وَلَكِنِ الْفِتْنَةُ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَا يَمُوجُ الْبَحْرُ۔ قَالَ: لَيْسَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهَا بَأْسٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا۔ قَالَ: أَيُكْسَرُ أَمْ يُفْتَحُ؟ قَالَ: يُكْسَرُ۔ قَالَ: إِذًا لاَ يُغْلَقَ أَبَدًا۔

قُلْنَا أَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَعْلَمُ الْبَابَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، كَمَا أَنَّ دُونَ الْغَدِ اللَّيْلَةَ۔ إِنِّي حَدَّثْتُهُ بِحَدِيثٍ لَيْسَ بِالأَغَالِيطِ فَهِبْنَا أَنْ نَسْأَلَ حُذَيْفَةَ فَأَمَرْنَا مَسْرُوقًا فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: الْبَابُ عُمَرُ۔  

A man kissed a woman (unlawfully) and then went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him. Allah revealed: And offer prayers perfectly At the two ends of the day And in some hours of the night (i.e. the five compulsory prayers). Verily! good deeds remove (annul) the evil deeds (small sins) (11.114). The man asked Messenger of Allah ﷺ, "Is it for me?" He said, "It is for all my followers."  

أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَصَابَ مِنَ امْرَأَةٍ قُبْلَةً فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرَهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {أَقِمِ الصَّلاَةَ طَرَفَىِ النَّهَارِ وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ إِنَّ الْحَسَنَاتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئَاتِ} فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَلِي هَذَا قَالَ: «لِجَمِيعِ أُمَّتِي كُلِّهِمْ۔»