“This Verse was revealed concerning
us
six: Myself, Ibn Mas’ud, Suhaib, ‘Ammar, Miqdad and Bilal. The
Quraish said to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): ‘We do not want to
join
them, send them away.’ Thoughts of that entered the heart of
the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as much as Allah willed, then Allah
revealed:
“And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning
and afternoon
seeking His Face. You are accountable for them in
nothing, and they
are accountable for you in nothing, that you may
turn them away, and
thus become of the unjust.”
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 37, Hadith 29
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir and
from Salim ibn Abi'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah that Amir
ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas heard his father ask Usama ibn Zayd, "Have you
heard anything from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, about the plague?" Usama said, "The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The plague is a
punishment that was sent down on a party of the Banu Israil or whoever
was before them. When you hear of it in a land, do not enter it. If it
comes upon a land and you are in it, do not depart in flight from it.'
"
Malik said that Abu'n-Nadr said, "That is, do not depart
with no other intention but flight."
Muwatta Malik Book 45, Hadith 22