That he heard Usama bin Zaid speaking to Saʿd, saying, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the plague and said, 'It is a means of punishment with which some nations were punished and some of it has remained, and it appears now and then. So whoever hears that there is an outbreak of plague in some land, he should not go to that land, and if the plague breaks out in the land where one is already present, one should not run away from that land, escaping from the plague."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ ذَكَرَ الْوَجَعَ فَقَالَ رِجْزٌ أَوْ عَذَابٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الأُمَمِ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ مِنْهُ بَقِيَّةٌ فَيَذْهَبُ الْمَرَّةَ وَيَأْتِي الأُخْرَى فَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ يَقْدَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ كَانَ بِأَرْضٍ وَقَعَ بِهَا فَلاَ يَخْرُجْ فِرَارًا مِنْهُ  

This calamity or illness was a punishment with which were punished some of the nations before you. Then it was left upon the earth. It goes away once and comes back again. He who heard of its presence in a land should not go towards it, and he who happened to be in a land where it had broken out should not fly from it.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الْوَجَعَ أَوِ السَّقَمَ رِجْزٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ بَعْدُ بِالأَرْضِ فَيَذْهَبُ الْمَرَّةَ وَيَأْتِي الأُخْرَى فَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلاَ يَقْدَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَهُوَ بِهَا فَلاَ يُخْرِجَنَّهُ الْفِرَارُ مِنْهُ  

This calamity or illness was a punishment with which were punished some of the nations before you. Then it was left upon the earth. It goes away once and comes back again. He who heard of its presence in a land should not go towards it, and he who happened to be in a land where it had broken out should not fly from it. (Using translation from Muslim 2218f)   

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا الطَّاعُونَ أَوِ السَّقَمَ رِجْزٌ عُذِّبَ بِهِ بَعْضُ الْأُمَمِ قَبْلَكُمْ ثُمَّ بَقِيَ بَعْدُ بِالْأَرْضِ فَيَذْهَبُ الْمَرَّةَ وَيَأْتِي الْأُخْرَى فَمَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ بِأَرْضٍ فَلَا يَقْدَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ بِأَرْضٍ وَهُوَ بِهَا فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّهُ الْفِرَارُ مِنْهُ  

"إِنَّ هذا السَّقَمَ رِجْزٌ عُذِّبَ به بعض الأُمَمِ قبلكم ثُمَّ بقى بعدُ في

الأَرضِ، فيذهب المرة ويأْتى الأُخرى فَمَنْ سَمِعَ به في أَرضٍ فَلَا يَقْدِمَنَّ عليه، ومن وقعَ بأَرضٍ وهو بها، فلا يُخْرِجَنَّه الفِرارُ منه".