পৃষ্ঠা 6: ভূমিকা: গ্রন্থের উদ্দেশ্য, নির্ভরযোগ্য উৎস ও কিয়ামতের আলামত জানার গুরুত্ব

Mention of the assassination of the Commander of the Faithful, our master 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and what has been narrated concerning it.

"... 'Far from it! By the One Who sent me with the truth, they will certainly add six matters to it, O Hudhayfah; the first of which is my death.' I said: 'Truly to Allah we belong, and truly unto Him we shall return,'" to the end of the hadith.

And in the Sahih: "We had not even shaken the dust of the grave of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from our hands before we felt a strange change in our hearts."

And among them: the martyrdom of the Commander of the Faithful 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him):

In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is related that 'Umar asked Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the tribulation that surges like the waves of the sea. Hudhayfah replied: "O Commander of the Faithful, you have nothing to fear from it, for between you and it there is a locked door." 'Umar asked: "Will the door be opened or broken down?" He replied: "No, rather it will be broken down." 'Umar said: "Then it is more likely that it will never be closed again." And in this narration, the door is 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Tabarani narrated with a chain whose narrators are trustworthy: Abu Dharr met 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and 'Umar took Abu Dharr's hand and pressed it, so Abu Dharr said to him: "Let go of my hand, O lock of tribulation!" to the end of the hadith.

And in it: Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No tribulation will afflict you as long as this man is among you," and he pointed towards 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Bazzar narrated from the hadith of Qudamah ibn Maz'un, from his brother 'Uthman, that he said to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "O lock against tribulation!" So 'Umar asked him about that, that is, he asked 'Uthman ibn Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with them both) why he called him that. 'Uthman replied: "You passed by one day while we were sitting with the Prophet (ﷺ), and he said: 'This man is a lock against tribulation; there will never cease to be a firmly shut door between you and tribulation as long as he lives.'"

Al-Khatib narrated in "al-Ruwat 'an Malik" that 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered upon his wife Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both), and found her weeping. He asked: "What makes you weep?" She replied: "This Jewish convert (referring to Ka'b al-Ahbar) says that you are a gate among the gates of Hell." 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Whatever Allah wills." Then he went out and sent for Ka'b. When Ka'b came, 'Umar asked him about what he had said. Ka'b said: "O Commander of the Faithful, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, the month of Dhu al-Hijjah will not pass until you enter Paradise." 'Umar said: "What is this? Once in Paradise, and once in the Fire!" Ka'b replied: "Verily, we find in our Scripture that you stand at a gate of..."