English translation
3474. Narrated 'Aishah رضي الله عنها the wife of the Prophet ﷺ: I asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ about the plague. He told me that it was a punishment sent by Allāh on whom he wished, and Allāh made it a source of mercy for the believers, for if one at the time of the spread of a plague epidemic stays in his country patiently hoping for Allāh's Reward, and believing that nothing will befall him except what Allāh has written for him, he will get a reward similar to that of a martyr.