21/03/2020
PLAGUE (اطاعون IN ARABIC) IN ISLAMIC POINT OF VIEW:
Narrated Aisha رضى الله عنها that I asked Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم about الطاعون the Plague. He said:
كان عذابا يبعثه الله على من يشاء ، فجعله الله رحمة للمؤمنين ، ما من عبد يكون فى بلدا يكون فيه و يمكث فيه لا يخرج من البلد ، صابرا محتسبا يعلم أنه لا يصيبه إلا ما كتب الله له ، إلا كان له مثل أجر شهيد
"that was a means of torture which Allah used to send upon whomever He wished, but He made it a source of Mercy for the believers, for any one who is residing in any city (town, village or country) in which this disease spread, and he remains there doesn't leave his city (town, village or country), but remains patient and hopes for Allah's reward, and knows that nothing will befall him except what Allah has written for him then he will get such reward as that of a martyr."
■SAHIH AL-BUKHARI, Hadith No.6619.
《▪ Inferences and Admonitions:▪》
☆1. First thing that is known that Plague is a torment from Allah, send down from the heaven by its Lord. It used to come on those before us. As a hadith says:
"Plague was a means of torture sent on a group of Israelities (بنو اسراءيل ) or on some people before you."
■SAHIH AL-BUKHARI Hadith No.3473
■Sunan At-Tirmizi published by 'Darus-As-Salam' (Reyaaz Saudi-Arabia) under the comments on the hadith No.1065 (quoting from Tufah Al-Ahwadhi vol.2 page 160 ) writes:
'Israelites means that group of Israel to whom Allah had ordered:
"...and enter the gate prostrating..." but they entered the gate on their buttocks, "..and the transgressors changed the word from that which had been given to the them, so we sent transgressors a Plague from the heaven".
■(Al-Qur'an surah Baqara (2) verse 58-61)
☆2. It is a Mercy for the believer. Let's try to understand how:
As a hadith says:
Allah's Messenger said to his companions:
إذا سمعتم بالطاعون بأرض فلا تدخلوها، وإذا وقع بارض وانتم بها فلا تخرجو منه
"If you hear of an out-break of Plague in a land, donot enter it, but if the Plague breaks out in a place while you are in it, donot leave that place."
■ SAHIH AL-BUKHARI Hadith No.5728
Other hadith says:
فلا تخرجو فرارا منه
"..donot leave that land in order to run away from it (Plague) ."
■SAHIH AL-BUKHARI Hadith No.3473
A believer should know Plague is a disease that affects a group of people, not limited to an individual. A Muslim should stay the Plague hit place (eventhough he is a visitor to the place) till it is over. Hoping the reward from Allah that nothing befalls him except if Allah has written for him to be affected.
A hadith says:
Narrated by Irbad Bin Sariya, that the Messenger of Allah said:
"The martyrs and those who died in their beds referred a dispute to our Lord concerning those who died of the Plague. The Martyrs said:
'Our brothers were killed as we were killed.'
And those who died in their beds said:
'Our brothers died on their beds as we died.'
Our Lord said:
انظرو الى جراحهم، فإن أشبه جراحهم جراح المقتولين فإنهم منهم و معهم، فإذا جراحهم قد اشبهت جراحهم
'Look at their wounds (died of Plague), if their wounds are like the wounds of those who were killed (Martyrs in batllefield) then they are of them and belong to them. And their wounds were like their Martyrs wounds'."
■Sunan An-Nasaiee Hadith No.3166
This Hadith is graded Hasan by Zubair Ali Zai and others.
☆3. Some of the companions of Allah's Messenger that died of Plague.
●Foremost among them is Maudh Ibn Jabal (معاذ ابن جبل )رضى الله عنه, who died in 18th A.H. in the epidemic of Plague at Amwas [(Sham) (Presently Syria Jordan Lebanon and Palestine)].
●Amr Ibn Aas رضى الله عنه took Umm Wa'il Bint Ma'mar Aljumahiyyah's three sons to Sham, where all the three sons died of the Plague of Amwas. And Amr Ibn Aas رضى الله ع returned safe and he inhereted them.
■(See Sunan Ibn-Majah Hadith No.2732)
This Hadith is graded Hasan (Good) , also recorded by Imam Abu-Daud in his Sunan, hadith No.2917)
》》Cutting short and hoping (Insha-Allah) that we develope a proper pure Islamic belief regarding the issue without being panic and taking annoying useless precautions.
May Allah grant me and you safety and may He choose for us the things, He knows best for us. (Aameen)
