وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ سَرْغَ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الْوَبَأَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ " . فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْ سَرْغَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abdullah ibnAmir ibn Rabia that Umar ibn al-Khattab went out to ash-Sham. When hecame to Sargh, near Tabuk, he heard that the plague had broken out inash-Sham. Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf told him that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If you hear that aland has a plague in it, do not go forward to it. If it comes upon aland which you are in, do not depart in flight from it." Umar ibn al-Khattab came back from Sargh. Translation Not Available
Book Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 45 Hadith 1623
Web Ref: Muwatta Imam Malik Book 45 Hadith 24