وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، وَعَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَسْأَلُ، أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنْ، رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " الطَّاعُونُ رِجْزٌ أُرْسِلَ عَلَى طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ عَلَى مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ " . قَالَ مَالِكٌ قَالَ أَبُو النَّضْرِ لاَ يُخْرِجُكُمْ إِلاَّ فِرَارٌ مِنْهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir andfrom Salim ibn Abi'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah that Amiribn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas heard his father ask Usama ibn Zayd, "Have youheard anything from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him andgrant him peace, about the plague?" Usama said, "The Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The plague is apunishment that was sent down on a party of the Banu Israil or whoeverwas before them. When you hear of it in a land, do not enter it. If itcomes upon a land and you are in it, do not depart in flight from it.'" Malik said that Abu'n-Nadr said, "That is, do not departwith no other intention but flight." Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 45 Hadith 1622
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