"we have accepted your pledge, so return," and it will appear under number (1968). (al-mumriḍ): is the one who has sick camels, and (al-muṣiḥ), is the one who has healthy camels. Know that there is no contradiction between these two ḥadīths and the ḥadīths "There is no contagion..." mentioned under numbers (781 - 789) because the purpose of the former is to affirm contagion and that it transfers by the permission of Allāh from the sick to the healthy. The latter ḥadīths deny the contagion that the people of ignorance believed in, which is its transfer by itself without considering the will of Allāh in that, as indicated by his ﷺ saying to the Bedouin: "Who infected the first one?" The Prophet ﷺ directed the Bedouin's attention with this noble saying to the primary cause, which is Allāh, and did not deny his saying, "Why are the camels in the sand like gazelles, then a scabby camel mixes with them and makes them scabby?" Rather, he ﷺ affirmed what he observed, but only denied his stopping at this apparent aspect by saying to him: "Who infected the first one?" In summary: the two ḥadīths affirm contagion, which is established by experience and observation. The other ḥadīths do not deny it but rather deny contagion coupled with heedlessness of Allāh, the Creator of it. How similar today is to yesterday, for the European doctors are in severe heedlessness of Him due to their shirk and misguidance and their belief in contagion in the manner of ignorance. To them, it is said: "Who infected the first one?" As for the believer who is heedless of taking precautions, he is reminded of them, and it is said to him as in the ḥadīth of the translation, "Do not let the sick mix with the healthy," taking the precautions that Allāh has created, and as in some of the previous ḥadīths: "Flee from the leper as you would flee from a lion." This is what appears to me from reconciling these reports, and other things have been said which are mentioned in "al-Fatḥ" and elsewhere. And Allāh knows best.