Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:267 حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ ثنا عَاصِمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ أَخْبَرَ عُمَرَ ؓ وَهُوَ فِي طَرِيقِ الشَّامِ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ بِهَا الطَّاعُونَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ أَوْ هَذَا السَّقَمَ عَذَابٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ لَسْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَهْبِطُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلَا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ» قَالَ فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ ؓ بِالنَّاسِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ
English Translation
Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf informed Umar while he was on the way to Syria, when he learned of the plague there, of what the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: 'This illness or epidemic is a punishment with which those before you were punished. If it is in a land where you are not, do not go to it. If it is in a land where you are, do not leave fleeing from it.' So Umar turned back with the people that year.