Shahih Bukhari - 5288

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abdullah bin Yusuf] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Malik] dari [Ibnu Syihab] dari [Abdul Hamid bin Abdurrahman bin Zaid bin Al Khatthab] dari [Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Al Harits bin Naufal] dari [Abdullah bin Abbas] bahwa Umar bin Khatthab pernah bepergian menuju Syam, ketika ia sampai di daerah Sargha, dia bertemu dengan panglima pasukan yaitu Abu 'Ubaidah bersama sahabat-sahabatnya, mereka mengabarkan bahwa negeri Syam sedang terserang wabah. Ibnu Abbas berkata; "Lalu Umar bin Khattab berkata; 'Panggilkan untukku orang-orang muhajirin yang pertama kali (hijrah), ' kemudian mereka dipanggil, lalu dia bermusyawarah dengan mereka dan memberitahukan bahwa negeri Syam sedang terserang wabah, merekapun berselisih pendapat. Sebagian dari mereka berkata; 'Engkau telah keluar untuk suatu keperluan, kami berpendapat bahwa engkau tidak perlu menarik diri.' Sebagian lain berkata; 'Engkau bersama sebagian manusia dan beberapa sahabat Rasulullah Shalla Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam. Kami berpendapat agar engkau tidak menghadapkan mereka dengan wabah ini, ' Umar berkata; 'Keluarlah kalian, ' dia berkata; 'Panggilkan untukku orang-orang Anshar'. Lalu mereka pun dipanggil, setelah itu dia bermusyawarah dengan mereka, sedangkan mereka sama seperti halnya orang-orang Muhajirin dan berbeda pendapat seperti halnya mereka berbeda pendapat. Umar berkata; 'keluarlah kalian, ' dia berkata; 'Panggilkan untukku siapa saja di sini yang dulu menjadi tokoh Quraisy dan telah berhijrah ketika Fathul Makkah.' Mereka pun dipanggil dan tidak ada yang berselisih dari mereka kecuali dua orang. Mereka berkata; 'Kami berpendapat agar engkau kembali membawa orang-orang dan tidak menghadapkan mereka kepada wabah ini.' Umar menyeru kepada manusia; 'Sesungguhnya aku akan bangun pagi di atas pelana (maksudnya hendak berangkat pulang di pagi hari), bagunlah kalian pagi hari, ' Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah bertanya; 'Apakah engkau akan lari dari takdir Allah? ' maka Umar menjawab; 'Kalau saja yang berkata bukan kamu, wahai Abu 'Ubaidah! Ya, kami lari dari takdir Allah menuju takdir Allah yang lain. Bagaimana pendapatmu, jika kamu memiliki unta kemudian tiba di suatu lembah yang mempunyai dua daerah, yang satu subur dan yang lainnya kering, tahukah kamu jika kamu membawanya ke tempat yang subur, niscaya kamu telah membawanya dengan takdir Allah. Apabila kamu membawanya ke tempat yang kering, maka kamu membawanya dengan takdir Allah juga.' Ibnu Abbas berkata; "Kemudian datanglah [Abdurrahman bin 'Auf], dia tidak ikut hadir (dalam musyawarah) karena ada keperluan. Dia berkata; "Saya memiliki kabar tentang ini dari Rasulullah Shalla Allahu 'alaihi wa sallam beliau bersabda: "Jika kalian mendengar suatu negeri terjangkit wabah, maka janganlah kalian menuju ke sana, namun jika dia menjangkiti suatu negeri dan kalian berada di dalamnya, maka janganlah kalian keluar dan lari darinya." Ibnu 'Abbas berkata; "Lalu Umar memuji Allah kemudian pergi." (HR. Bukhari: 5288)

Narrated ʿAbdullah bin ʿAbbas: ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab departed for Sham and when he reached Sargh, the commanders of the (Muslim) army, Abu ʿUbaida bin Al-Jarrah and his companions met him and told him that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. ʿUmar said, "Call for me the early emigrants." So ʿUmar called them, consulted them and informed them that an epidemic had broken out in Sham. Those people differed in their opinions. Some of them said, "We have come out for a purpose and we do not think that it is proper to give it up," while others said (to ʿUmar), "You have along with you. other people and the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) so do not advise that we take them to this epidemic." ʿUmar said to them, "Leave me now." Then he said, "Call the Ansar for me." I called them and he consulted them and they followed the way of the emigrants and differed as they did. He then said to them, Leave me now," and added, "Call for me the old people of Quraish who emigrated in the year of the Conquest of Mecca." I called them and they gave a unanimous opinion saying, "We advise that you should return with the people and do not take them to that (place) of epidemic." So ʿUmar made an announcement, "I will ride back to Medina in the morning, so you should do the same." Abu ʿUbaida bin Al-Jarrah said (to ʿUmar), "Are you running away from what Allah had ordained?" ʿUmar said, "Would that someone else had said such a thing, O Abu ʿUbaida! Yes, we are running from what Allah had ordained to what Allah has ordained. Don't you agree that if you had camels that went down a valley having two places, one green and the other dry, you would graze them on the green one only if Allah had ordained that, and you would graze them on the dry one only if Allah had ordained that?" At that time ʿAbdur-Rahman bin 'Auf, who had been absent because of some job, came and said, "I have some knowledge about this. I have heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, 'If you hear about it (an outbreak of plague) in a land, do not go to it; but if plague breaks out in a country where you are staying, do not run away from it.' " ʿUmar thanked Allah and returned to Medina. (Bukhari: 5288)