Malik said that Yahya ibn Said had related to him that A'ishasaid that Amir ibn Fuhayra had said at the time of the epidemic, "Ihave seen death before tasting it, the coward's destination is fromabove him." (FR)
USC-MSA web (English) reference: Book 45, Hadith 15 (FR)
Arabic reference (FR): Book 45, Hadith 1615 (FR)