Narrated `Abdullah bin 'Amir bin Rabi`a:
`Umar bin Al-Khattab left for Sham, and when he reached a placed called Sargh, he came to know that there was an outbreak of an epidemic (of plague) in Sham. Then `AbdurRahman bin `Auf told him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If you hear the news of an outbreak of an epidemic (plague) in a certain place, do not enter that place: and if the epidemic falls in a place while you are present in it, do not leave that place to escape from the epidemic." So `Umar returned from Sargh.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6973 |
In-book reference | : Book 90, Hadith 20 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 9, Book 86, Hadith 103 |
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