33/71. Chapter:
Jami at-Tirmidhi 2258 — Fitnah Like Waves of the Sea
The Fitnah That Spreads Like The Waves Of The Sea
Hadith About Fitnah Like the Waves of the Sea
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 2258
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 2258
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، وَحَمَّادٍ، وَعَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ، سَمِعُوا أَبَا وَائِلٍ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ أَيُّكُمْ يَحْفَظُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الْفِتْنَةِ فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَنَا . قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ فِتْنَةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي أَهْلِهِ وَمَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَجَارِهِ يُكَفِّرُهَا الصَّلاَةُ وَالصَّوْمُ وَالصَّدَقَةُ وَالأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْىُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لَسْتُ عَنْ هَذَا أَسْأَلُكَ وَلَكِنْ عَنِ الْفِتْنَةِ الَّتِي تَمُوجُ كَمَوْجِ الْبَحْرِ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهَا بَابًا مُغْلَقًا . قَالَ عُمَرُ أَيُفْتَحُ أَمْ يُكْسَرُ قَالَ بَلْ يُكْسَرُ . قَالَ إِذًا لاَ يُغْلَقُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ . قَالَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ فِي حَدِيثِ حَمَّادٍ فَقُلْتُ لِمَسْرُوقٍ سَلْ حُذَيْفَةَ عَنِ الْبَابِ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Hudhaifa Narrated from:
'Umar said: "Which Of You Remembers What The Messenger Of Allah(S.A.W) Said About The Fitnah?" So Hudhaifah Said: "I Do." Hudhaifah Said: "A Man'S Fitnah Is In His Family, His Wealth, His Children, And His Neighbors. It Is Atoned For By The Salat, 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."
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2258In-book reference : Book 33, Hadith 101English translation : Vol. 4, Book 7, Hadith 2258
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 2258
This hadith about fitnah records a discussion between Umar and Hudhaifah. Hudhaifah first mentioned the fitnah a man faces in his family, wealth, children, and neighbors. He said it is atoned for by prayer, fasting, charity, commanding good, and forbidding evil. Umar then said he was asking about a different fitnah, one that spreads like the waves of the sea. Hudhaifah replied that between Umar and it was a closed door. When Umar asked whether it would be opened or broken, Hudhaifah said it would be broken. Umar understood that if broken, it would not be closed until the Day of Judgment. The hadith teaches careful concern about both personal and public trials.
What we learn from this hadith
- A person may face fitnah through family, wealth, children, and neighbors.
- Prayer, fasting, charity, commanding good, and forbidding evil are mentioned as atonement.
- The hadith also speaks of a wider fitnah like waves of the sea.
- Umar understood the seriousness of the door being broken.
