صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الجنائز وما يتعلق بها مقدما أو مؤخراBook of Funerals and Related Matters
باب ما جاء في الصبر وثواب الأمراض والأعراض - ذكر الإخبار بأن الوباء هو موت الصالحين قبلنا ورحمة الله جل وعلا على خلقه
Patience and Reward for Illness and Afflictions - Plague is the death of the righteous before us and Allah's mercy on His creation
Hadith 2951
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خُمَيْرٍ ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ شُفْعَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، أَنَّ الطَّاعُونَ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّهُ رِجْزٌ ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ ، فَقَالَ شُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ حَسَنَةَ ، إِنِّي صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، وَعَمْرٌو أَضَلُّ مِنْ حِمَارِ أَهْلِهِ ، أَوْ جَمَلِ أَهْلِهِ ، وَقَالَ : " إِنَّهَا رَحْمَةٌ رَبِّكُمْ ، وَدَعْوَةٌ نَبِيِّكُمْ ، وَمَوْتُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ ، فَاجْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَلا تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ " ، فَسَمِعَ ذَلِكَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ فَقَالَ : صَدَقَ .
It is narrated about Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him): Once, when the plague spread in Syria, Sayyiduna Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This is filth," so people began to move away from that place. Then Sayyiduna Shurahbil ibn Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have been with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Amr is more misguided than his household donkey (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words) or his household camel. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said this: 'This is a mercy from your Lord, the supplication of your Prophet, and a means of death for the righteous people before you. So you all should stay together for it and do not scatter, leaving it.'" When Sayyiduna Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) heard this, he said: "He has spoken the truth."
