\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\n(the wife of the Prophet) I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the plague. He told me that it was a \nPunishment sent by Allah on whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the believers, \nfor if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays in his country patiently hoping for Allah's Reward \nand believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, he will get the \nreward of a martyr."\n

\nNarrated `Aisha:\n \n\n(the wife of the Prophet) I asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the plague. He told me that it was a \nPunishment sent by Allah on whom he wished, and Allah made it a source of mercy for the believers, \nfor if one in the time of an epidemic plague stays in his country patiently hoping for Allah's Reward \nand believing that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him, he will get the \nreward of a martyr."\n

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْفُرَاتِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْمَرَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الطَّاعُونِ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي ‏\n"‏ أَنَّهُ عَذَابٌ يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَشَاءُ، وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ، لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يَقَعُ الطَّاعُونُ فَيَمْكُثُ فِي بَلَدِهِ صَابِرًا مُحْتَسِبًا، يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ لاَ يُصِيبُهُ إِلاَّ مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ، إِلاَّ كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ شَهِيدٍ ‏"‏‏.‏