We were with Umar when he asked, "Which of you remembers what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said about the trial as he stated it?"I said, "I do."He said, "You are bold indeed. How did he put it?"I replied, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'A man's trial lies in his family, his wealth, himself, his children, and his neighbor. Fasting, prayer, charity, enjoining good, and forbidding evil expiate it.'"Umar said, "This is not what I mean. I mean the trial that surges like the waves of the sea."I said, "What have you to do with that, Commander of the Faithful? Between you and it stands a locked door."He asked, "Will the door be broken or opened?"I said, "No, it will be broken."He said, "Then it is more fitting that it never be closed again."We said to Hudhayfah, "Did Umar know who the door was?"He answered, "Yes, as surely as he knew that night precedes the next day. I told him a report free of error."We were too in awe to ask Hudhayfah who the door was, so we said to Masruq, "Ask him." He asked him, and Hudhayfah said, "Umar."
كنا عند عمر فقال: أيكم يحفظ حديث رسول الله ﷺ في الفتنة كما قال؟ قال: فقلت: أنا. قال: إنك لجريء، وكيف قال؟ قال: قلت: سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: فتنة الرجل في أهله وماله ونفسه وولده وجاره يكفرها الصيام والصلاة والصدقة والأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر. فقال عمر: ليس هذا أريد، إنما أريد التي تموج كموج البحر، قال: فقلت: مالك ولها؟ يا أمير المؤمنين، إن بينك وبينها بابا مغلقا. قال: أفيكسر الباب أم يفتح؟ قال: قلت: لا، بل يكسر، قال: ذلك أحرى أن لا يغلق أبدا. قال: فقلنا لحذيفة: هل كان عمر يعلم من الباب؟ قال: نعم كما يعلم أن دون غد الليلة، إني حدثته حديثا ليس بالأغاليط. قال: فهبنا أن نسأل حذيفة: من الباب؟ فقلنا لمسروق: سله، فسأله، فقال: عمر.
Bukhari narrated it in the Signs of Prophethood (3568) and Muslim in the Tribulations (144: 26), both of them by way of Sulayman Amash, from Abu Waail Shaqiq bin Salama, from Huzaifa, who mentioned it.