(Third chain) Sayyiduna Amr bin Aas (may Allah be pleased with him) mentioned something about the plague at the end of his sermon and said: It is a punishment like a flood; whoever escapes its reach, it will pass over him, and it is like fire; whoever stays away from it, it will go beyond him, and whoever remains in it, it will turn him to ashes, afflict him with torment. Sayyiduna Shurahbil bin Hasnah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is the supplication and mercy of your Prophet, and through it, righteous people have continued to pass away.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was mentioned about the plague. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This was a punishment which was sent to the people before you. When it occurs in any area, do not enter it, and when you are present in a land and the plague breaks out there, then do not leave from there.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amir bin Rabi’ah narrates that Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) went towards Syria. When he reached the place of Sargh, he received news that a plague had broken out in Syria. Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated there that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When you hear that a plague has broken out in a land, do not go into it, and when you are in such a place where the plague has broken out, then do not leave it fleeing from it. Thus, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) returned from the place of Sargh. In one narration, it is mentioned: Upon this, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) thanked Allah Almighty and returned.

Ikrimah bin Khalid Makhzumi narrates from his father or his uncle, and he narrates from his father, that on the occasion of the Battle of Tabuk, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When plague occurs in any land and you are present there, do not go out from it, and when plague breaks out in a region where you are not present, do not enter that region.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Farwah bin Maseek Muradi (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I said, "O Messenger of Allah! We have a land called Abin, it is a fertile area and our grain and so on is also obtained from it, but it is afflicted with plague and there is a severe outbreak of plague there." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave it, for being near the plague is destruction."

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who flees from the plague incurs as much sin as the one who flees from the battlefield, and the one who remains patient during the plague receives a reward like the one who remains patient in the battlefield.

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The one who flees from the plague is like the one who flees from the battlefield in terms of sin.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My Ummah will be destroyed by slander and plague. I said: O Messenger of Allah! We know about slander, but what is meant by plague? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In plague, a swelling appears on a person's neck like the swelling on a camel's neck. Whoever remains steadfast during this plague is like a martyr, and whoever flees from it is like one who flees from the battlefield.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubaid bin Khalid (may Allah be pleased with him), who was among the noble Companions, that he said: Sudden death is a seizure of the wrath of Allah. At times, he would attribute this hadith to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that I asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about sudden death. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Such a death is a source of comfort for the believer and a cause of Allah's wrath for the wicked.