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ahmad:22088Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī > Masarrah b. Maʿbad > Ismāʿīl b. ʿUbaydullāh > Muʿādh b. Jabal

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "You will migrate to Ash-Sham, and it will be opened for you. Then, a disease like the pustules or the itch will appear among you, affecting the body of a person and causing him to martyr himself for Allah. By this, Allah will purify their deeds. O Allah, if you know that Mu'adh bin Jabal heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then grant him and his family the greatest portion of it. But the plague struck them, and none of them remained except that he was stabbed in his index finger. He used to say, 'What pleases me is that I have with it the red camels.'"  

أحمد:٢٢٠٨٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَسَرَّةُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ سَتُهَاجِرُونَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَيُفْتَحُ لَكُمْ وَيَكُونُ فِيكُمْ دَاءٌ كَالدُّمَّلِ أَوْ كَالْحَرَّةِ يَأْخُذُ بِمَرَاقِّ الرَّجُلِ يَسْتَشْهِدُ اللهُ بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَيُزَكِّي بِهِ أَعْمَالَهُمْ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ سَمِعَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْطِهِ هُوَ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ الْحَظَّ الْأَوْفَرَ مِنْهُ فَأَصَابَهُمُ الطَّاعُونُ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فَطُعِنَ فِي أُصْبُعِهِ السَّبَّابَةِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِي بِهَا حُمْرَ النَّعَمِ