Hazrat Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Plague is a punishment which was sent upon a group from among the Children of Israel, or he said: it was sent upon a past nation. Therefore, when you hear about a place (that plague has spread there), do not go there, but if this epidemic spreads in a place where you are already present, then do not leave from there. And in another narration it is stated: that is, if you have no other purpose except to flee, then do not leave.