Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37349 — The words of al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam

Hisham narrates from his father that Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was sent to Egypt, and it was said to him: "There is an epidemic of plague in Egypt." He replied: "We are going there only for the plague and for the thrust of the spear."