Permission to run away from plague

85. 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 عليه الصلاة والسلام 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 عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘There is no problem with it. However, the Rasool صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Allah عز وجل 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 صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Allah عز وجل said: ‘To flee from it is like fleeing from the march (of the enemy army). He صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم abhorred that they should empty their positions’.