Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَحِيرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ فَرْوَةَ بْنَ مُسَيْكٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَرْضًا عِنْدَنَا يُقَالُ لَهَا أَرْضُ أَبْيَنَ هِيَ أَرْضُ رُفْقَتِنَا وَمِيرَتِنَا وَإِنَّهَا وَبِئَةٌ أَوْ قَالَ إِنَّ بِهَا وَبَاءً شَدِيدًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَعْهَا عَنْكَ فَإِنَّ مِنْ الْقَرَفِ التَّلَفَ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us, saying: Ma'mar informed us, from Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Bahir, who said: One who heard Farwah ibn Musayk al-Muradi informed me: he said, I said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have a land called the land of Abyan; it is the land of our companions and our provisions, but it is plague-ridden," or he said, "it has severe pestilence." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Leave it be, for nearness [to a plague-stricken place] leads to ruin."