Hadith on Greetings: It Is A Calamity Or A Disease Which Allah Sent To A Group Of Bani Isra'Il, Or To The People Who Were Before You; So When You Hear Of It In Land, Don'T Enter It And When It Has Broken Out In Your Land, Don'T Run Away From It

Sahih Muslim 2218d (Book 39, Hadith 127) #12865

Responding to the Plague

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the plague and how one should respond to it.

'Amir b. Sa'd reported that a person asked Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas about the plague, whereupon Usama b. Zaid said: I would inform you about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It is a calamity or a disease which Allah sent to a group of Bani Isra'il, or to the people who were before you; so when you hear of it in land, don't enter it and when it has broken out in your land, don't run away from it.

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو، بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ عَامِرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ عَنِ الطَّاعُونِ، فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْهُ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ هُوَ عَذَابٌ أَوْ رِجْزٌ أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى طَائِفَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَوْ نَاسٍ كَانُوا قَبْلَكُمْ فَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَدْخُلُوهَا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا دَخَلَهَا عَلَيْكُمْ فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا فِرَارًا

TOPICS
plague * calamity * disease * response * altaaoon * alkaaritha * almarad * israil * alistijaba

QUICK LESSONS:

Be patient when faced with calamities & diseases; Remember these tests are only temporary; Learn & grow spiritually closer to Allah through them

EXPLANATIONS:

This hadith discusses how one should respond to a plague or a disease that has been sent by Allah. It is said that this plague was sent to a group of people known as Bani Isra’il or those who were before us. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ advised that if you hear of it in another land then do not enter it and if it has broken out in your own land then do not run away from it. This teaches us that we must be patient when faced with calamities and diseases as they are tests from Allah which He sends upon us for our own benefit so we can learn from them and grow spiritually closer to Him. We must also remember that these tests are only temporary and will eventually pass away with time InshaAllah.

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