Muwatta Malik #1745
Madina
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، خَرَجَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمَّا جَاءَ سَرْغَ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الْوَبَأَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلاَ تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ " . فَرَجَعَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ مِنْ سَرْغَ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abdullah ibn
Amir ibn Rabia that Umar ibn al-Khattab went out to ash-Sham. When he
came to Sargh, near Tabuk, he heard that the plague had broken out in
ash-Sham. Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf told him that the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If you hear that a
land has a plague in it, do not go forward to it. If it comes upon a
land which you are in, do not depart in flight from it." Umar ibn al-
Khattab came back from Sargh.
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This hadith is #1745 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Madina.