Muwatta 2613

Malik transmits from Ibn Shihab, from Abdallah ibn Amir ibn Rabia, that Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) set out for Syria. When he reached Sargh he was told that the plague had broken out in Syria. Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf (may God be pleased with him) told him that the Messenger of God ﷺ said: if you hear of it in a land, do not enter it; if it breaks out in a land where you are, do not leave it to flee from it. Umar turned back from Sargh. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Comprehensive Matters (al-Jami). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas, Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri, Abdallah ibn Amir ibn Rabia, Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Sargh. Built on in the chapters on taun.