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2258. Abū Wā'il narrated from Ḥudhaifah that 'Umar said: "Which of you remembers what the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said about the Fitnah?" So Ḥudhaifah said: "I do." Ḥudhaifah said: "A man's Fitnah is in his family, his wealth, his children, and his neighbors. It is atoned for by the Salāt, fasting, charity, and by commanding good and forbidding evil." 'Umar said: "I am not asking you about this. Rather, about the Fitnah that spreads like the waves of the sea." He said: "O Commander of the Believers! Between you and it is a closed door." 'Umar said: "Will it be opened or broken?" He said: "It will be broken." He said: "Then it will never be closed until the Day of Judgement." (Sahīh)
In the narration of Ḥammād, Abū Wā'il said: "I said to Masrūq: 'Ask Ḥudhaifah about the door.' So he asked him, and he said: "(That door is) 'Umar (himself)."
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Sahīh.
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Man's failure to remedy the situation in the face of afflictions caused by personal shortcomings can be expiated through performing virtuous deeds. Not so the afflictions plaguing a whole nation and community. In that case the entire nation or community has to face the consequences of it. Every
student of Islamic history knows it too well that no major affliction for the Muslims had raised its head until the assassination of 'Umar رضي الله عنه. His martyrdom, however, opened the floodgate of all sorts of trials and afflictions for the community.
