It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once he came from Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He says: Yesterday, when we were sitting with him, he asked the noble companions (may Allah be pleased with them), "Who among you has heard the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding tribulations (fitan)?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) said, "We have all heard it." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Perhaps you are thinking of the tribulation which concerns a man's family and wealth?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied, "Yes!" Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "I am not asking you about that. Its expiation is prayer, fasting, and charity. Has anyone among you heard the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding those tribulations which will spread like the waves of the sea?" At this, the people fell silent, and I realized that they wanted to get the answer from me. So I said, "I have heard that saying." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me, "Surely, you must have heard it." I said, "Tribulations will be presented before the hearts just as a mat is woven, straw by straw. Any heart that absorbs them will have a black dot placed upon it, and any heart that rejects them will have a white dot placed upon it, until the hearts become of two kinds: one white like a pure stone, which no tribulation will harm as long as the heavens and the earth remain; and the other black and dark, like an overturned vessel, not recognizing good as good nor evil as evil, except what its desires incline towards."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed me about the events that will occur until the Day of Judgment, and there was nothing left regarding it that I did not ask the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), except that I did not ask what thing will expel the people of Madinah from Madinah.

Nasr bin Asim says that once I came to Yashkari with a group of Banu Laith. He asked, "Who are you people?" We replied, "We are from Banu Laith." We inquired about his well-being and he inquired about ours. Then we said, "We have come to you to learn the hadith of Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him)." He said, "Once we were returning with Hazrat Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him). In Kufa, animals had become very expensive. I, along with one of my companions, sought permission from Hazrat Abu Musa. He granted us permission, so we reached Kufa early in the morning. I said to my companion, 'I will be inside the mosque. When the market opens, I will come to you.' I entered the mosque and saw a circle (of people) gathered. It seemed as if their heads had been cut off; they were listening to a man's hadith with great attention. I went and stood near them. Meanwhile, another man came and stood by my side. I asked him, 'Who is this person?' He asked me, 'Are you from Basra?' I said, 'Yes!' He said, 'I already understood that if you were from Kufa, you would not have asked about this person. This is Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him).' I went near him and heard him saying, 'People used to ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about good, and I used to ask about evil because I knew that good could not go ahead leaving me behind. One day I submitted in the court of the Messenger, "O Messenger of Allah! Will there be evil after this good?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Hudhaifa! Learn the Book of Allah and follow its commands." (He said this three times.) I repeated my question. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There will be tribulation and evil." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will there be evil after this good?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said three times, "Hudhaifa! Learn the Book of Allah and follow its commands." I asked, "O Messenger of Allah! Will there be evil after this good?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "There will be reconciliation upon smoke and agreement upon filth." I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! What is meant by reconciliation upon smoke?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "People will not be pleased with this reconciliation in their hearts." Then the same questions and answers took place between me and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "A tribulation will come that will make one blind and deaf. There will be people appointed who will call towards the doors of Hell. O Hudhaifa! If you die in such a state that you are holding the trunk of a tree with your teeth, it is better than following any one of them."

Rabi’ bin Hirash (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when the troublemakers set out towards Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him), I reached Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) in Mada’in. He asked me,“O Rabi’! What happened to your people?”I asked,“What do you want to know about them?”He said,“Who among them has set out towards Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?”I told him the names of some of them. He said,“I heard the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever leaves the congregation and humiliates his leader will meet Allah in such a state that he will have no status there.”

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Zirr bin Hubaish says that once I was present in the company of Hazrat Hudhaifa bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him). While narrating the incident of the Night of Ascension (Shab-e-Miraj), he began to mention this saying of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): "Then we set out from there and reached Bayt al-Maqdis, but we did not enter Bayt al-Maqdis." I said, "On that night, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did enter Bayt al-Maqdis and also offered prayer there." Upon hearing this, Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O bald one! What is your name? I recognize you by your face but do not remember your name." I replied, "My name is Zirr bin Hubaish." He said, "How do you know that on that night the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) offered prayer in Bayt al-Maqdis?" I said, "The Qur'an tells us." He said, "The one who speaks from the Qur'an is successful. Recite that verse to me." So when I recited 'Subhanalladhi asra bi'abdihi' (Glory be to Him Who took His servant by night), I did not find anywhere in it that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) offered prayer in Bayt al-Maqdis that night. Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O bald one! Do you find any mention of prayer in it?" I said, "No." He said, "By Allah! The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not offer prayer in Bayt al-Maqdis that night. If the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had offered prayer in Bayt al-Maqdis, then it would have become obligatory for you to pray there as it happened with the Ka'bah. By Allah! Both of them (the Prophet and Buraq) did not separate until the gates of the heavens were opened for them. Then both of them saw Paradise and Hell and all the promises of the Hereafter. Then both of them returned in the same way as they had gone. Then he began to laugh until I saw his blessed teeth." Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) further said, "People say that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) tied Buraq so that it would not run away, whereas Allah Almighty had made the entire world of the unseen and the seen subservient to him." I asked, "O Abu Abdullah! What kind of animal was Buraq?" He replied, "It was a long white animal whose step reached as far as the eye could see."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to his bed at night, he would say: "O Allah! In Your name we live and die." And when he would wake up, he would say: "All praise is due to Allah who gave us life after causing us to die, and to Him is the gathering."

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The virtue of the house that is far from the mosque over the house that is near the mosque is like the virtue of the one who prays over the one who sits waiting for jihad.

Rabi’ bin Hirash (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when the people who stirred up discord set out towards Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him), I reached Hazrat Hudhaifah bin Yaman (may Allah be pleased with him) in Mada’in. He asked me,“O Rabi’! What happened to your people?”I asked,“What do you want to know about them?”He said,“Who among them has set out towards Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him)?”I told him the names of some of them. He said,“I heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever leaves the congregation and humiliates his leader will meet Allah in such a state that he will have no status there.”

It is narrated from Hazrat Hudhaifa (may Allah be pleased with him) that once during the blessed era of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a person asked people for something. The people hesitated, then one man gave him something, and after that, everyone started giving him. Upon this, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam, he will have its reward and the reward of those who act upon it after him, without their rewards being diminished in the least. And whoever introduces a bad practice in Islam, he will bear its sin and the sin of those who act upon it after him, without their sins being diminished in the least.