[Machine] That the pandemic has occurred in the Levant, so he mentioned the hadith. He said, "Abdul Rahman ibn Auf came and he was absent in some of his needs, so he said, 'I have knowledge of this. I heard the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , saying, 'When there is a disease in a land and you are in it, do not leave, fleeing from it. And when you hear about it in a land, do not advance towards it.'" Umar then praised Allah and left.
أَنَّ الْوَبَاءَ قَدْ وَقَعَ بِالشَّامِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَكَانَ مُتَغَيِّبًا فِي بَعْضِ حَاجَتِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عِنْدِي مِنْ هَذَا عِلْمًا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا فَلا تَخْرُجُوا فِرَارًا مِنْهُ وَإِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلا تَقْدَمُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ عُمَرُ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ