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tabarani:17441al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Jarīr > ʿĀṣim b. Sulaymān > Abū Munīb al-Jurashī > Khaṭabanā Muʿādh b. Jabal Ḥīn And Qaʿ al-Ṭāʿūn Bi-al-Shhām

[Machine] "Indeed, this matter is a mercy from your Lord, a call from your Prophet, and the death of the righteous before you. O Allah, grant the family of Mu'adh their share of this matter."  

الطبراني:١٧٤٤١حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي مُنِيبٍ الْجُرَشِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ حِينَ وَقَعَ الطَّاعُونُ بِالشَّامِ فَقَالَ

«إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ رَحْمَةُ رَبِّكُمْ وَدَعْوَةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَمَوْتُ الصَّالِحِينَ قَبْلَكُمْ اللهُمَّ أَعْطِ لِآلِ مُعَاذٍ حَظَّهُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ»