`Umar رضی اللہ عنہ asked the people, "Who remembers the narration of the Prophet (ﷺ) about the affliction?" Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ said, "I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The affliction of a person in his property, family and neighbors is expiated by his prayers, fasting, and giving in charity." `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said, "I do not ask about that, but I ask about those afflictions which will spread like the waves of the sea." Hudhaifa رضی اللہ عنہ replied, "There is a closed gate in front of those afflictions." `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ asked, "Will that gate be opened or broken?" He replied, "It will be broken." `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ said, "Then the gate will not be closed again till the Day of Resurrection." We said to Masruq, "Would you ask Hudhaifa whether `Umar رضی اللہ عنہ knew what that gate symbolized?" He asked him and he replied "He (`Umar رضی اللہ عنہ) knew it as one knows that there will be night before tomorrow, morning.