Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abd al-Hamid ibn Abd
ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab from Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn al-Harith ibn
Nawfal from Abdullah ibn Abbas that Umar ibn al- Khattab set out for ash Sham
and when he was at Sargh, near Tabuk, the commanders of the army, Abu Ubayda ibn
al-Jarrah and his companions, met him and told him that the plague had broken
out in ash-Sham. Ibn Abbas said, "Umar ibn al-Khattab said, 'all the first
Muhajir unto me.' He assembled them and asked them for advice, informing them
that the plague had broken out in ash Sham. They disagreed. Some said, 'You have
set out for something, and we do not think that you should leave it.' Others
said, 'You have the companions of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and the rest of the people with you, and we do not think that you should
send them towards this plague.' Umar said, 'Leave me.'
Then he said, 'Summon the Ansar to me.' They were summoned and he asked them for
advice. They acted as the Muhajirun had and disagreed as they had disagreed. He
said, 'Leave me.' "Then he said, 'Summon to me whoever is here of the aged men
of Quraysh from the Muhajirun of the conquest.' He summoned them and not one of
them differed. They said, 'We think that you should withdraw the people and not
send them towards the plague.' Umar called out to the people, 'I am leaving by
camel in the morning,' so they set out. Abu Ubayda said, 'Is it flight from the
decree of Allah?' Umar said, 'Better that someone other than you had said it,
Abu Ubayda. Yes. We flee from the decree of Allah to the decree of Allah. What
would you think if these camels had gone down into a valley which had two
slopes, one of them fertile, and the other barren. If you pastured in the
fertile part, wouldn't you pasture them by the decree of Allah? If you pastured
them in the barren part, wouldn't you pasture them by the decree of Allah?'
''Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf arrived and he had been off doing something and he said,
'I have some knowledge of this. I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, say, "If you hear about it in a land, do not go forward
to it. If it comes upon a land and you are in it, then do not depart in flight
from it." ' Umar praised Allah and then set off."
Original Version of The Hadith reported
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ
عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ
اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ
عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِسَرْغَ
لَقِيَهُ أُمَرَاءُ الأَجْنَادِ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَأَصْحَابُهُ
فَأَخْبَرُوهُ أَنَّ الْوَبَأَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِأَرْضِ الشَّامِ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ
فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ادْعُ لِي الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الأَوَّلِينَ .
فَدَعَاهُمْ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ الْوَبَأَ قَدْ وَقَعَ
بِالشَّامِ فَاخْتَلَفُوا فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجْتَ لأَمْرٍ وَلاَ نَرَى
أَنْ تَرْجِعَ عَنْهُ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَعَكَ بَقِيَّةُ النَّاسِ
وَأَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلاَ نَرَى أَنْ تُقْدِمَهُمْ
عَلَى هَذَا الْوَبَإِ . فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ارْتَفِعُوا عَنِّي . ثُمَّ قَالَ
ادْعُ لِي الأَنْصَارَ فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَاسْتَشَارَهُمْ فَسَلَكُوا سَبِيلَ
الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَاخْتَلَفُوا كَاخْتِلاَفِهِمْ فَقَالَ ارْتَفِعُوا عَنِّي .
ثُمَّ قَالَ ادْعُ لِي مَنْ كَانَ هَا هُنَا مِنْ مَشْيَخَةِ قُرَيْشٍ مِنْ
مُهَاجِرَةِ الْفَتْحِ . فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَخْتَلِفْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُمُ
اثْنَانِ فَقَالُوا نَرَى أَنْ تَرْجِعَ بِالنَّاسِ وَلاَ تُقْدِمَهُمْ عَلَى هَذَا
الْوَبَإِ فَنَادَى عُمَرُ فِي النَّاسِ إِنِّي مُصْبِحٌ عَلَى ظَهْرٍ فَأَصْبِحُوا
عَلَيْهِ . فَقَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ أَفِرَارًا مِنْ قَدَرِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ
عُمَرُ لَوْ غَيْرُكَ قَالَهَا يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ نَعَمْ نَفِرُّ مِنْ قَدَرِ
اللَّهِ إِلَى قَدَرِ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ لَكَ إِبِلٌ فَهَبَطَتْ
وَادِيًا لَهُ عُدْوَتَانِ إِحْدَاهُمَا مُخْصِبَةٌ وَالأُخْرَى جَدْبَةٌ أَلَيْسَ
إِنْ رَعَيْتَ الْخَصِبَةَ رَعَيْتَهَا بِقَدَرِ اللَّهِ وَإِنْ رَعَيْتَ
الْجَدْبَةَ رَعَيْتَهَا بِقَدَرِ اللَّهِ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ
- وَكَانَ غَائِبًا فِي بَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ - فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي مِنْ هَذَا
عِلْمًا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِذَا
سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ
وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ " . قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ
عُمَرُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ . الحديث Reference : Muwatta' Malik مرجع : موطأ مالك
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مرجع الترجمة على الإنترنت : Book 45 الكتاب, Hadith 22 الحديث | In-book reference مرجع التصنيف : 45 الكتاب, Hadith 1621 الحديث
