Narrated byAisha
Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ مَخْلَدِ بْنِ خُفَافٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى أَنَّ الْخَرَاجَ بِالضَّمَانِ.
English Translation
Aisha reported: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) about the plague. He told me that it is a punishment that Allah sends upon whom He wills, and Allah has made it a mercy for the believers. Any servant who is in a land where the plague breaks out and remains there patiently, knowing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has decreed for him, will receive the reward of a martyr.