Muwatta Malik
Book 45, Hadith 15
Arabic hadith text
قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ وَكَانَ عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَوْتَ قَبْلَ ذَوْقِهِ إِنَّ الْجَبَانَ حَتْفُهُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ .
Translation
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."