“We were sitting with ‘Umar
and he said: ‘Which of you has remembered a Hadith from the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) concerning Fitnah?’” Hudhaifah said: “I
said: ‘I have.’ He said: ‘You are very bold.’ He said: ‘How?’
He said: ‘I heard him say: “The fitnah of a man with regard to
his family, his children and his neigbors are expiated by his
prayers, fasts, charity and enjoining what is good and forbidding
what is evil.” ‘Umar said: ‘This is not what I meant, rather I
meant that which moves like the waves of the sea.’” Hudhaifah
said: “Don’t worry about it, O Commander of the Believers! For
there is a closed door between you and them.” ‘Umar said: “Will
that door be broken or opened?” I said: “No, it will be broken.”
‘Umar said: “Then it will never be closed.’”
We asked Hudhaifah: “Did ‘Umar know what that door meant?” He said: "Yes, just as he knows that there will be night before morning, because I narrated to him a Hadith in which there are no errors.” We were afraid to ask him who the door was, so we said to Masruq: “Ask him." He said: “‘Umar.”
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Context
In this hadith, the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) discusses the trials of fitnah (tribulations) that individuals may face, particularly within their families and communities. He mentions that these personal trials can be atoned for through acts of worship and promoting good while forbidding evil, but he also warns of greater societal fitnah that will arise.
Modern Application
This hadith highlights the significance of personal accountability and the role of community in addressing challenges. In modern life, it encourages individuals to engage in positive actions and support one another in overcoming difficulties, fostering a sense of unity.
Topics
This hadith is tagged with Community Responsibility because it emphasizes the role of individuals in promoting good and preventing evil within their communities, reflecting the collective responsibility of the Muslim ummah.
[Hud] said, "Already have defilement and anger fallen upon you from your Lord. Do you dispute with me concerning [mere] names you have named them, you and your fathers, for which Allah has not sent down any authority? Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."
O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times: before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer. [These are] three times of privacy for you. There is no blame upon you nor upon them beyond these [periods], for they continually circulate among you - some of you, among others. Thus does Allah make clear to you the verses; and Allah is Knowing and Wise.
And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and Allah showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted."
Then after distress, He sent down upon you security [in the form of] drowsiness, overcoming a faction of you, while another faction worried about themselves, thinking of Allah other than the truth - the thought of ignorance, saying, "Is there anything for us [to have done] in this matter?" Say, "Indeed, the matter belongs completely to Allah." They conceal within themselves what they will not reveal to you. They say, "If there was anything we could have done in the matter, some of us would not have been killed right here." Say, "Even if you had been inside your houses, those decreed to be killed would have come out to their death beds." [It was] so that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purify what is in your hearts. And Allah is Knowing of that within the breasts.