Sahih al-Bukhari 525

Musaddad narrated to us: Yahya narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, who said: Shaqiq narrated to me: I heard Hudhaifa say: We were sitting with ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said, ‘Which of you remembers what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about tribulations?’ I replied, ‘I do, exactly as he said it.’ He said, ‘You are bold about it.’ I said, ‘A man’s tribulation in his family, wealth, children, and neighbors is expiated by prayer, fasting, charity, and enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.’ He said, ‘That is not what I mean. I mean the tribulation that surges like the waves of the sea.’ I said, ‘You need not fear it, Commander of the Faithful; there is a closed door between you and it.’ He asked, ‘Will it be broken or opened?’ I said, ‘It will be broken.’ He said, ‘Then it will never be closed again.’ We asked: Did ‘Umar know what the door was? He said, ‘Yes, just as he knows that night comes before tomorrow. I told him a report free of confusion.’ We were too apprehensive to ask Hudhaifa ourselves, so we asked Masruq to ask him. He said, ‘The door was ‘Umar.’