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[Machine] "That Zubeir, may Allah have mercy on him, sent to Egypt, and it was said to him that the plague was there. He said, 'I have only come for the stabbing and the plague.'"  

الزهد لأحمد:٧٧٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَدَوِيُّ أَنْبَأَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ

أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ بَعَثَ إِلَى مِصْرَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ بِهَا الطَّاعُونَ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَاجِئْتُ لِلطَّعْنِ وَالطَّاعُونِ