حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَکْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنْ الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَا أُخْبِرُکَ عَنْهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ هُوَ عَذَابٌ أَوْ رِجْزٌ أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَی طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ نَاسٍ کَانُوا قَبْلَکُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا دَخَلَهَا عَلَيْکُمْ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فِرَارًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5775
Amir b. Sa'd reported that a person asked Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas about the plague, whereupon Usama b. Zaid said: I would inform you about it. The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: It is a calamity or a disease which Allah sent to a group of Bani Isra'il, or to the people who were before you; so when you hear of it in land, don't enter it and when it has broken out in your land, don't run away from it.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020