Once `Umar bin Al-Khattab رضی اللہ عنہ said, said, "Who amongst you remembers the statement of Allah's Apostle regarding the afflictions?" Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ replied, "I remember what he said exactly." `Umar
رضی اللہ عنہ said. "Tell (us), you are really a daring man!'' Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'A man's afflictions (i.e. wrong deeds) concerning his relation to his family, his property and his neighbors are expiated by his prayers, giving in charity and enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil.' " `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said, "I don't mean these afflictions but the afflictions that will be heaving up and down like waves of the sea." Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ replied, "O chief of the believers! You need not fear those (afflictions) as there is a closed door between you and them." `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ asked, "Will that door be opened or broken?" Hudhaifa replied, "No, it will be broken." `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said, "Then it is very likely that the door will not be closed again." Later on the people asked Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ , "Did `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ know what that door meant?" He said. "Yes, `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ knew it as everyone knows that there will be night before the tomorrow morning. I narrated to `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ an authentic narration, not lies." We dared not ask Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ ; therefore we requested Masruq who asked him, "What does the door stand for?" He said, "`Umar رضی اللہ عنہ ."