is fertile and the other barren, if you graze in the fertile one, you graze by the decree of Allāh, and if you graze in the barren one, you graze by the decree of Allāh? Then ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf came, as he had been absent for some need, and said: I have knowledge about this, I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: and he mentioned it in the first narration. It was recorded by Mālik in "al-Muwaṭṭaʾ" (3/89-91) and from him and others by al-Bukhārī in both extended and abbreviated forms (2729, 2730, 6973), Muslim (7/29-30), al-Nasāʾī (7521-7523), ʿAbd al-Razzāq (20159), Aḥmad (1/193-194), Abū Yaʿlá (837, 848), Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī (Q 42/2-43/1), and al-Ṭabarānī (1/90-94) through various chains from him, with the context from Mālik. Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr said in "al-Tamhīd" (10/65) referring to these ḥadīths and chains: "The ḥadīth is established, continuous, and authentic from various aspects from the narration of Mālik and others." (Benefit): The statement of ʿAmr ibn Dīnār mentioned earlier regarding the plague: "... and for some it is martyrdom," refers specifically to the believers who are patient with it, and authentic ḥadīths have been narrated about it, such as the saying of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "The plague is martyrdom for every Muslim." It was narrated by the two Shaykhs and others, and it is extracted in "Aḥkām al-Janāʾiz" (p. 52/1) and there are other ḥadīths in the chapter, so refer to them if you wish there (p. 52-55) and "al-Ṣaḥīḥah" (1928) and "al-Irwāʾ" (1637).

"He did little work, but received much reward." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (2808) and Aḥmad (4/291, 293) through the chain of Isrāʾīl from Abū Isḥāq who said: I heard al-Barāʾ (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) say: