English
Jabir ibn Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated: Locusts disappeared in the year Umar passed away, and he was deeply concerned about it. He sent riders to Yemen, Iraq, and Sham to inquire if any locusts had been seen. The rider from Yemen came with a handful and scattered it before him. When Umar saw it, he said “Allahu Akbar” and said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Allah, the Mighty and Exalted, created a thousand nations, six hundred in the sea and four hundred on land. The first of these nations to perish is the locust, and when it perishes, the nations will follow like the beads of a broken thread.”