Sahih Muslim Book - 39, Hadith - 5779

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الطَّاعُونَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالْكُوفَةِ ، فَقَالَ لِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ وَغَيْرُهُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : إِذَا كُنْتَ بِأَرْضٍ فَوَقَعَ بِهَا ، فَلاَ تَخْرُجْ مِنْهَا ، وَإِذَا بَلَغَكَ أَنَّهُ بِأَرْضٍ ، فَلاَ تَدْخُلْهَا قَالَ قُلْتُ : عَمَّنْ ؟ قَالُوا : عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ يُحَدِّثُ بِهِ ، قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالُوا : غَائِبٌ ، قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَخَاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ : شَهِدْتُ أُسَامَةَ يُحَدِّثُ سَعْدًا قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ رِجْزٌ ، أَوْ عَذَابٌ ، أَوْ بَقِيَّةُ عَذَابٍ عُذِّبَ بِهِ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ، فَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا ، فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا وَإِذَا بَلَغَكُمْ أَنَّهُ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَدْخُلُوهَا. قَالَ حَبِيبٌ : فَقُلْتُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ : آنْتَ سَمِعْتَ أُسَامَةَ يُحَدِّثُ سَعْدًا وَهُوَ لاَ يُنْكِرُ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ.

It was narrated that Habib said: “We were in Al-Madinah and we heard that the plague had broken out in Al0Kufah. ‘Ata’ bin Yasar and others told me that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: ‘If you are in a land where the plague breaks out, do not leave, and if you hear that it is in some land, do not go there.’ I said: ‘From whom (did you hear this)? He said: ‘From Amir bin Sa’d who narrated it.’ I went to him and the said: ‘He is away.’ But I met his brother Ibrahim bin Sa’d and I asked him. He said: ‘I was present when Usamah narrated it to Sa’d. He (Usamah) said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) say: “This disease is a calamity and a punishment, or the remainder of a punishment, with which some of those who came before you were punished. If it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave it, and if you hear that it is in a land, do not go there.”’ Habib said: I said to Ibrahim: ‘Did you hear Usamah narrate it to Sa’d, and he did not deny it?’ He said: ‘Yes.”’