# Sahih al-Bukhari - Medicine

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 24, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #5508

**Book:** Medicine | **Narrator(s):** Abdullah bin 'Amir عبد الله بن عامر بن يزيد بن تميم | **Grade:** Sahih

`Umar went to Sham and when he reached Sargh, he got the news that an epidemic (of plague) had broken out in Sham. `Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf told him that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “If you hear that it (plague) has broken out in a land, do not go to it; but if it breaks out in a land where you are present, do not go out escaping from it.”

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-al-bukhari-5508/)*

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