Musnad Ahmad

Humrah bin Abd Kilal says that after the first journey to Syria, once again Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) set out towards Syria. When he approached it, he and his companions received the news that a plague had broken out in Syria. The companions said to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that you should turn back from here, do not go further. If you go there and indeed the epidemic has spread there, then we will have no way to bring you back from there. So, according to the consultation, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) returned to Madinah Munawwarah. That night, when he camped in the last part of the night, I was the closest to him. When he got up, I also got up behind him. I heard him saying that I had reached near Syria, but these people brought me back from there because the plague had spread there. However, by returning from there, the time of my death cannot be delayed, nor can the message of my death come early. Therefore, now my intention is that if I reach Madinah Munawwarah and complete all the necessary tasks in which my presence is essential, then I will definitely set out towards Syria again and camp in the city of "Hims", because I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: Allah Almighty will raise seventy thousand such servants from it on the Day of Resurrection who will have neither reckoning nor punishment, and the place of their rising will be between the olive trees and the red and soft earth in the middle of its garden.