الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب الخلافة والإمارةThe Book of Caliphate and Leadership
الْفَضْلُ الرَّابِعُ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ طَاعُونُ عَمْوَاسَ بِالشَّامِ سَنَةٌ ثَمَانَ عَشَرَةَ
The Fourth Virtue: Among These Was the Plague of Amwas in al-Sham in the Year 18
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Hadith 12223
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ سَرْغَ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الْوَبَاءَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ ”إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ“ فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْ سَرْغَ (وَفِي لَفْظٍ) فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ
It is narrated from Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi’ah that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab set out for Syria. When he reached the place of Sargh, he received information that an epidemic (of plague) had spread in Syria. Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him) informed him that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you hear that an epidemic of plague has spread in a region, do not go there, and when you are present in a region and the epidemic spreads there, then do not leave that place out of fear of it. Upon hearing this hadith, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) thanked Allah and returned from the place of Sargh.
