Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Permission to run away from plague عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلا٠) عَنِ الْوَبَاءِ يَكُونُ فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْ٠ِصْرِ فَيَتَحَوَّلُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى نَاحِيَةٍ أُخْرَى أَوْ يَكُونُ فِي ٠ِصْرٍ فَيَخْرُجُ ٠ِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ إِنَّ٠َا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) عَنْ ذَلِكَ لِ٠َكَانِ رَبِيئَةٍ كَانَتْ بِحِيَالِ الْعَدُوِّ فَوَقَعَ فِيهِ٠ُ الْوَبَاءُ فَهَرَبُوا ٠ِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) الْفَارُّ ٠ِنْهُ كَالْفَارِّ ٠ِنَ الزَّحْفِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَخْلُوَ ٠85.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammaad Bin Usmaan, from Al-Halby, who has narrated the following: He said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the epidemic which was spreading in the area around Egypt. Shall the man turn to another area or if he is in Egypt so he should exit from it to somewhere else’. He (asws) said: ‘There is no problem with it.

However, the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) Prohibited the residence of the a hill who were facing the enemies, when there was a plague among them, (they started) to flee from it. So the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘To flee from it is like fleeing from the march (of the enemy army). He (saww) abhorred that they should empty their positions’. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/261))