Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَسْأَلُ سَعْدًا عَنْ الطَّاعُونِ فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَا أُحَدِّثُكَ عَنْهُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَوْ كَذَا أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَاسٍ قَبْلَكُمْ أَوْ طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَهُوَ يَجِيءُ أَحْيَانًا وَيَذْهَبُ أَحْيَانًا فَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ.
English Translation
Sufyan told us, from Amr, from Amir ibn Sa'd, who said: A man came asking Sa'd about the plague, so Usamah ibn Zayd said: I will tell you about it. I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: This is a punishment - or something like that - which Allah sent upon a people before you, or a group of the Children of Israel. It comes at times and goes at times. If it falls in a land, do not enter upon it, and if it falls in a land while you are there, do not leave it fleeing from it.