The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Nothing infects anything, nothing infects anything," repeating it three times.An Arabi stood up and said, "Messenger of Allah, a sore appears on the lip of a camel, or on its tail, and the whole herd becomes infected with mange."He remained silent for a while, then said, "What infected the first one? There is no contagion, no ill omen in Safar, and no spirit of the dead returning. Allah created every soul and wrote down its life, its death, its afflictions, and its provision."
قال رسول الله ﷺ: لا يعدي شيء شيئا، لا يعدي شيء شيئاثلاثا. قال: فقام أعرابي فقال: يا رسول الله، إن النقبة تكون بمشفر البعير، أو بعجبه فتشتمل الإبل جربا، قال: فسكت ساعة، ثم قال: ما أعدى الأول؟ لا عدوى، ولا صفر، ولاهامة. خلق الله كل نفس، فكتب حياتها، وموتها، ومصيباتها، ورزقها.
Imam Ahmad reported it (8343) from Hashim, who said, Muhammad bin Talha told us, from Ibn Shubruma, from Abu Zura bin Amr bin Jareer, from Abu Hurairah, and he mentioned it. Abu Yaala also reported it (6112), as did Firyabi in al-Qadar (214), and Ibn Hibban graded it sahih (6119), all of them by way of Abdullah bin Shubruma, with his chain, similarly. Abdullah bin Shubruma, Abu Shubruma the judge of Kufa, was a jurist among the people of Kufa, counted among the Successors, a trustworthy narrator among the men of Muslim and others. He narrated from Abu Zura bin Amr and others, and Muhammad bin Talha bin Musarrif and others narrated from him.As for what is found in Sunnah (419) of Ibn Abu Asim, by way of Walid bin Muslim, from a man of the family of Shubruma, from his father, from Abu Zura, with his chain, I am concerned that there may be an error in the phrase "from his father." If the man from the family of Shubruma is Abdullah bin Shubruma himself, then the hadith belongs to Abdullah bin Shubruma, not to his son.The hadith has another chain, reported by Tirmidhi (2143), by way of Umara bin Qaqa, who said, Abu Zura bin Amr bin Jareer told us, he said, a companion of ours told us, from Abdullah bin Masud, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up among us and said," and he mentioned it. Imam Ahmad also reported it by this route (4198). What appears to be the case is that Abu Zura used to narrate this hadith by two routes, once from Abu Hurairah, and another time from a companion of his, from Ibn Masud, since the unnamed person in this chain is undoubtedly Abu Hurairah. The hadith is sahih by both routes.As for his saying "the thuqbah," this is the first thing that appears from mange. As for his saying "with a mishfar," the mishfar is to a camel what the lip is to a human being. As for his saying "with its ajb," the ajb is the base of the tail.