Sahih Muslim Hadith 7268 – The Tribulation

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[7268] 26- (144) It was narrated from ShaqIq that Uudhaifah said: 'We were with 'Umar and he said: Who amongst you remembers the HadIth of the Messenger of Allah 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 Fitnaht1] (trial) because of his family, his wealth, his own self, his child and his neighbor, (these Fitan) may be expiated byAc-Siyâm (fasting), As-Salât (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 that which will come like waves of the ocean. I said: What have you to do with that, 0 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 1-IadIth in which there was nothing fabricated." A man may be distracted from and fall short in his duties towards Allah because of his family, wealth, etc. Tribulations & Portents Of The Hour 287 L.J1 .61 j.ij zjwl tS We did not dare to ask Hudhaifah who the door was. We said to Masrüq: "Ask him." So he asked him, and he said: "(It was) 'Umar."