Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Tricks

13- بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الاِحْتِيَالِ فِي الْفِرَارِ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ:

(13) Chapter. What is hated as regards playing tricks to run from the disease of plague.

2 hadith · references 6973–6974

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Bukhari · 6973إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ ، وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ`Umar bin Al-Khattab left for Sham, and when he reached a placed called Sargh, he came to know that there was an outbreak of an epidemic (of plague) in Sham. Then `AbdurRahman bin `Auf told him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)8 narrators·parallel chain Bukhari · 6974رِجْزٌ أَوْ عَذَابٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْأُمَمِ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ مِنْهُ بَقِيَّةٌ ، فَيَذْهَبُ الْمَرَّةَ وَيَأْتِي الْأُخْرَى ، فَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ ، فَلَا يُقْدِمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ، وَمَنْ كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَقَعَ بِهَاThat he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Sa`d, saying, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned the plague and said, 'It is a means of punishment with which some nations were punished and some of it has remained, and it appears 5 narrators