Explanation of the Book of Prayer and Its Times-09a
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The reciter: Musaddad narrated to us, saying: Yahya narrated to us from al-A'mash, saying: Shaqiq narrated to me, saying: I heard Hudhayfah say: Sahih al-Bukhari 525.
The Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih al-Bukhari 525 [Hud 11:114].
But 'Umar did not mean this; he meant the fitnah that surges like the waves of the sea, in which people's words fluctuate: this one brings close and this one pushes away, this one lies and this one tells the truth, this one obscures and this one is explicit. This is the fitnah about which 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was asking.
So Hudhayfah said to him: "There is no harm for you from it, O Commander of the Faithful", because he will be martyred before this fitnah occurs, "and there is a closed door between you and it. He said: Will it be broken or opened? He said: It will be broken. He said: Then it will never be closed again". Because once it is broken, it cannot be closed; if you wanted to close it, we would not be able to, but if it were opened, it would be possible to close it.
He said: "Then it will never be closed again", and this is the suspicion that 'Umar had, and it came to pass, for the fitnah has continued from the time of 'Uthayman to this day, but sometimes it increases and sometimes it decreases. He said: "We said: Did 'Umar know the door? He said: Yes, he knows it just as the night is before tomorrow". Does anyone not know this, my brother? I am asking you? Does anyone not know it? And what does it mean: "just as he knows that the night is before tomorrow"?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is today yesterday?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, the meaning is not close. Yes, who knows? Come, O 'Abdullah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Before tomorrow. Does anyone find this difficult? Does anyone find it difficult that the night is the night of Thursday before the day of Thursday? No one finds it difficult.
"I had told him a hadith that was not among the riddles". Al-aghaliyut is the plural of aghluth, and it is what is called al-ala'iz (riddles) or al-mu'ayyadah (puzzles) or the like, meaning a clear hadith.
"So we were hesitant to ask Hudhayfah, so we ordered Masruq to ask him, and he said: The door is 'Umar". This 'Umar was broken because he was killed as a martyr (may Allah be pleased with him), and after him the fitnah occurred. Yes.
We were sitting with 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when he said: Which of you remembers the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)? I said: I do, exactly as he said it. He said: You are bold regarding it, whether it is upon you or upon it. I said: The fitnah of a man in his family, his wealth, his children, and his neighbor is expiated by prayer, fasting, charity, and enjoining good and forbidding evil. He said: That is not what I mean, but the fitnah that surges like the surging of the sea. I said: There is no harm for you from it, O Commander of the Faithful, for there is a closed door between you and it. He said: Will it be broken or opened? I said: It will be broken. He said: Then it will never be closed again. We said: Did 'Umar know the door? He said: Yes, just as the night is before tomorrow. I had told him a hadith that was not among the riddles. So we were hesitant to ask Hudhayfah, so we ordered Masruq to ask him, and he said: The door is 'Umar.
كنا جلوسا عند عمر رضي الله عنه فقال : أيكم يحفظ قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في الفتنة ، قلت : أنا كما قاله ، قال : إنك عليه أو عليها لجريء ، قلت : فتنة الرجل في أهله وماله وولده وجاره تكفرها الصلاة والصوم والصدقة والأمر والنهي . قال : ليس هذا أريد ولكن الفتنة التي تموج كما يموج البحر . قال : ليس عليك منها بأس يا أمير المؤمنين إن بينك وبينها بابا مغلقا . قال : أيكسر أم يفتح ؟. قال : يكسر . قال : إذا لا يغلق أبدا . قلنا أكان عمر يعلم الباب . قال : نعم كما أن دون الغد الليلة ، إني حدثته بحديث ليس بالأغاليط . فهبنا أن نسأل حذيفة فأمرنا مسروقا فسأله ، فقال : الباب عمرThe Shaykh : Allahu Akbar. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
The afflictions caused for a man by his wife, money, children and neighbor are expiated by his prayers, fasting, charity
فتنة الرجل في أهله وماله وولده وجاره تكفرها الصلاة والصوم والصدقةIndeed, good deeds do away with misdeeds
إن الحسنات يذهبن السيئاتBut 'Umar did not mean this; he meant the fitnah that surges like the waves of the sea, in which people's words fluctuate: this one brings close and this one pushes away, this one lies and this one tells the truth, this one obscures and this one is explicit. This is the fitnah about which 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was asking.
So Hudhayfah said to him: "There is no harm for you from it, O Commander of the Faithful", because he will be martyred before this fitnah occurs, "and there is a closed door between you and it. He said: Will it be broken or opened? He said: It will be broken. He said: Then it will never be closed again". Because once it is broken, it cannot be closed; if you wanted to close it, we would not be able to, but if it were opened, it would be possible to close it.
He said: "Then it will never be closed again", and this is the suspicion that 'Umar had, and it came to pass, for the fitnah has continued from the time of 'Uthayman to this day, but sometimes it increases and sometimes it decreases. He said: "We said: Did 'Umar know the door? He said: Yes, he knows it just as the night is before tomorrow". Does anyone not know this, my brother? I am asking you? Does anyone not know it? And what does it mean: "just as he knows that the night is before tomorrow"?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Is today yesterday?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, the meaning is not close. Yes, who knows? Come, O 'Abdullah.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Before tomorrow. Does anyone find this difficult? Does anyone find it difficult that the night is the night of Thursday before the day of Thursday? No one finds it difficult.
"I had told him a hadith that was not among the riddles". Al-aghaliyut is the plural of aghluth, and it is what is called al-ala'iz (riddles) or al-mu'ayyadah (puzzles) or the like, meaning a clear hadith.
"So we were hesitant to ask Hudhayfah, so we ordered Masruq to ask him, and he said: The door is 'Umar". This 'Umar was broken because he was killed as a martyr (may Allah be pleased with him), and after him the fitnah occurred. Yes.