حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَنْظَلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ يَعْمَرَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا سَأَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ کَانَ عَذَابًا يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَی مَنْ يَشَائُ فَجَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَکُونُ فِي بَلَدٍ يَکُونُ فِيهِ وَيَمْکُثُ فِيهِ لَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ الْبَلَدِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لَا يُصِيبُهُ إِلَّا مَا کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ إِلَّا کَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ شَهِيدٍ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 6619
Narrated `Aisha: I asked Allah's Apostle about the plague. He said, "That was a means of torture which Allah used to send upon whom-so-ever He wished, but He made it a source of mercy for the believers, for anyone who is residing in a town in which this disease is present, and remains there and does not leave that town, but has patience and hopes for Allah's reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, then he will get such reward as that of a martyr."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020