Abdullah bin Abbas reported,

Umar bin Khattab set out for Sham. When he reached Sargh, the commanders of the army, Abu Ubayda bin Jarra and his companions, met him and informed him that a plague had broken out in Sham.Ibn Abbas reported that Umar said, "Call the early Muhajirun for me."So I called them, and Umar consulted them, informing them that the plague had broken out in Sham. They differed in their opinions.Some of them said, "You have set out for a purpose, and we do not think you should turn back from it."Others said, "You have with you the rest of the people and the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we do not think you should expose them to this plague."Umar said, "Leave me." Then he said, "Call the Ansar for me."So I called them, and he consulted them. They followed the same path as the Muhajirun and differed just as they had differed.He said, "Leave me." Then he said, "Call for me the elders of Quraysh present here from those who migrated at the conquest."So I called them, and not two men among them differed. They said, "We think you should turn back with the people and not expose them to this plague."Then Umar called out to the people, "I will set off in the morning, so be ready to depart."Abu Ubayda bin Jarra said, "Are we fleeing from the decree of Allah?"Umar replied, "If only someone other than you had said this, Abu Ubayda." Umar disliked disagreeing with him. "Yes, we flee from the decree of Allah to the decree of Allah. Tell me, if you had camels and they descended into a valley with two slopes, one fertile and the other barren, would you not, if you grazed them on the fertile side, be grazing them by the decree of Allah, and if you grazed them on the barren side, be grazing them by the decree of Allah?"Then Abdurrahman bin Awf came, having been absent attending to some need of his, and said, "I have knowledge concerning this. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'If you hear of it in a land, do not go to it, and if it breaks out in a land while you are there, do not leave fleeing from it.'"So Umar bin Khattab praised Allah and then departed.

Azami 1033

Sahih

عن عبد الله بن عباس

أن عمر بن الخطاب خرج إلى الشام حتى إذا كان بسرع لقيه أهل الأجناد- أبو عبيدة بن الجراح وأصحابه- فأخبروه أن الوباء قد وقع بالشام. قال ابن عباس: فقال عمر: ادع لي المهاجرين الأولين فدعوتهم، فاستشارهم وأخبرهم أن الوباء قد وقع بالشام فاختلفوا، فقال بعضهم: قد خرجت لأمر ولا نرى أن ترجع عنه. وقال بعضهم: معك بقية الناس وأصحاب رسول الله ﷺ ولا نرى أن تقدمهم على هذا الوباء. فقال: ارتفعوا عني، ثم قال: ادع لي الأنصار فدعوتهم له، فاستشارهم، فسلكوا سبيل المهاجرين واختلفوا كاختلافهم. فقال: ارتفعوا عني، ثم قال: ادع لي من كان ها هنا من مشيخة قريش من مهاجرة الفتح، فدعوتهم فلم يختلف عليه رجلان فقالوا: نرى أن ترجع بالناس ولا تقدمهم على هذا الوباء. فنادى عمر في الناس: إني مصبح على ظهر فأصبحوا عليه. فقال أبو عبيدة بن الجراح: أفرارا من قدر الله؟ فقال عمر: لو غيرك قالها يا أبا عبيدة- وكان عمر يكره خلافه- نعم، نفر من قدر الله إلى قدر الله، أرأيت لو كانت لك إبل فهبطت واديا له عدوتان: إحداهما خصبة والأخرى جدبة، أليس إن رعيت الخصبة رعيتها بقدر الله، وإن رعيت الجدبة رعيتها بقدر الله؟ قال: فجاء عبد الرحمن بن عوف- وكان متغيبا في بعض حاجته- فقال: إن عندي من هذا علما سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول: إذا سمعتم به بأرض فلا تقدموا عليه، وإذا وقع بأرض وأنتم بها فلا تخرجوا فرارا منه. قال: فحمد الله عمر بن الخطاب، ثم انصرف.

الأعظمي 1033صحيح
Contents
Reference
Commentary
Ayat
Collection
Jami al-Kamil
Book
Faith
Chapter
Belief in the divine decree and predestination
Section
Using caution and affirming divine decree
Numbering
Jami al-Kamil 1033 (2nd edition)
Azami 1033