It is reported by Ali son of Ja’far -asws in ‘Kitab Al Masail’, from his brother -asws Musa -asws , said, ‘I asked him -asws , The epidemic occurring in the land, is it correct for the men that they flee from it?’ He -asws said: ‘He would flee from it for as long as it did not occur in his Masjid in which he prays Salat in. So, when it does occur in his Masjid in which he prays Salat in, then it is not correct for the fleeing from it’’.
[17] عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّوْفَلِيَّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَرَبُوا مِنْ بِلَادِهِمْ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ وَ هُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ فَأَمَاتَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي سَاعَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَعَمَدَ أَهْلُ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ فَحَظَرُوا عَلَيْهِمْ حَظِيرَةً فَلَمْ يَزَالُوا فِيهَا حَتَّى نَخِرَتْ عِظَامُهُمْ فَصَارُوا رَمِيماً Ja’far Bin Ali Bin Ahmad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from the one who heard Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Al Nowfaly, ‘From Al-Reza -asws having said: ‘A people from the children of Israel fled from their city from the plague, and they were thousands wary of death.
So, Allah -azwj Caused them to die in one moment. So, the people of that town deliberated and made a big hall for them, and they did not cease to be in it until their bones crumbled and they became dust.
فَمَرَّ بِهِمْ نَبِيٌّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُمْ وَ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْعِظَامِ الْبَالِيَةِ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ أَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُحْيِيَهُمْ لَكَ فَتُنْذِرَهُمْ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِّ A Prophet -as from the Prophets -as of the children of Israel passed by them and he wondered from them and from the lots of worn out bones.
So, Allah -azwj Revealed unto him -as : “Would you -as like it if I -azwj were to Revive them for you -as , and you -as warn them?” He -as said: ‘Yes, O Lord -azwj ’.