Sahih Muslim Hadith 369 – The Disappearance

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[369] 231 – (144) It was narrated that Hudhaifah said: "We were with 'Umar and he said: 'Which of you heard the Messenger of Allah jW speak of Al-Fitan (trials or tribulations)?' The people said: 'We heard him.' He said: 'Perhaps you mean the tribulations that a man encounters with his family or neighbors?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That can be expiated by means of the Salât, fasting and charity. But who among you heard the Prophet i4 speak of the tribulations which will come like waves?" Hudhaifah said: "The people remained silent, but I said: 'I did.' He said: 'You, may Allah bless your father." Hudhaifah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Tribulations will stick to people's hearts like the fibers of a reed mat, one by one. Any heart that imbibes them will get a black spot, and any heart that rejects them will get a white spot, until there will be two types of hearts. One will be white like a smooth stone, which will not be harmed by any tribulation so long as heaven and earth endure. And the other will be black and gloomy, like an overturned vessel, not acknowledging any goodness nor rejecting any evil, except what suits its own whims and desires." Hudhaifah said: "I told him ('Umar): 'Between you and that Fitnah stands a closed door that will soon be broken.' 'Umar said: 'Would it really be broken, may you be bereft of your father? If it is opened, perhaps it can be closed again.' I said: 'No, rather it will be broken.' And I told him: 'That door is a man who will be killed or will die, it is a Ijadth in which there are no mistakes."