Hazrat Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him), Khuzaymah bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him), and Usamah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Plague is a punishment which Allah the Exalted imposed upon the people before you (the Children of Israel). Sometimes it comes and sometimes it goes. Therefore, if this epidemic spreads in a region, do not go into that region, and if it spreads in a region where you are already present, then do not flee from it by leaving that place.