Musnad of 'Abdullah bin al-'Abbas bin 'Abdul-Muttalib from the Prophet

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray eight rak'ahs at night, and he would pray Witr with three rak'ahs, then pray the two rak'ahs. When he grew old, he settled with nine (altogether), six and three.

Ibn Hubairah narrated: Someone who heard it told me that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

“Fear the three things that incur curses." It was said: What are the things that incur curses, O Messenger of Allah? He said: “Relieving oneself in a place where people seek shade, in the road or in a pond.”

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was treated with cupping when he was in ihram.

Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Jibreel (عليه السلام) taught me the Qur'an with one mode of recitation but I asked him to recite it in another way and I kept asking him for more and he taught me more, until he ended up teaching me seven modes of recitation.”

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“The best number for companionship is four, the best number for an expedition is four hundred and the best number for an army is four thousand.” And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "People will never be defeated due to being too few in number if their number reaches twelve thousand.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

A man set out and two men followed him, and another man followed them, saying: Go back, go back, until he sent them back. Then he caught up with the first man and said: These two were two devils, and I kept on at them until I sent them back. When you go to the Prophet (ﷺ), convey our salams to him and tell him that I am collecting their zakah; if it was good for him we would have sent it to him. When the man came to Madinah, he told the Prophet (ﷺ) about that, and as a result of that, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade travelling alone.

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray Witr with three (rak'ahs), reciting “Sabbihisma Rabbikal-A'la (Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High) (al-A'la 87), “Qul ya ayyuhal-kafiroon (Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ) to these Mushrikoon and Kafiroon): O Al-Kafiroon (disbelievers)" (al-Kafiroon 109) and “Qul Huwallahu Ahad (Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)): “He is Allah, (the) One)"(al-Ikhlas 112).

It was narrated that Fatimah bint Husain said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) say:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade us to stare at lepers.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

Whilst the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was in the house of one of his wives, he lay down his head and slept, and he smiled in his sleep. When he woke up, one of his wives said to him: You smiled in your sleep; what made you smile? He said: “I am amazed by people among my ummah who will travel by sea to face the enemy, striving in jihad for the sake of Allah.” And he said many good things about them.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) wanted to set out on a journey, he said:

“O Allah, You are the Companion on the journey and the Successor (the One Who guards them in a person's absence) over the family. O Allah, I seek refuge with You from burdensome travelling companions and an ill-fated outcome upon returning. O Allah, make the distance short for us and make the journey easy for us.”

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet (ﷺ) turned to face Uhud and said:

"By the One in Whose hand is my soul, I would not like Uhud to be turned into gold for the family of Muhammad and I spend it for the sake of Allah, and leave behind two dinars of it the day I die, except two dinars that I set aside to pay off debts, if there are any.” Then he died, and he did not leave behind any dinars or dirhams, or any slaves, male or female; and he left behind his shield which was being held in pledge by a Jewish man for thirty sa's of barley.

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray Witr with three (rak'ahs), reciting “Sabbihisma Rabbikal-A'la (Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High) (al-Aʼla 87), "Qul ya ayyuhal-kafiroon (Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) to these Mushrikoon and Kafiroon). O Al-Kafiroon (disbelievers)" (al-Kafiroon 109) and “Qul Huwallahu Ahad (Say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)): “He is Allah, (the) One)"(al-Ikhlas 112).

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to pray Witr with three (rak'ahs)... and he narrated a similar report.

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

"Kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done,” referring to the action of the people of Loot, "and the animal and the one who has intercourse with an animal, and the one who has intercourse with a mahram, kill him.”

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent out his army, he would say:

"Go out in the Name of Allah, fighting for the sake of Allah those who disbelieve in Allah. Do not be treacherous, do not steal from the war booty, do not mutilate (the enemy slain), and do not kill children or those who dwell in hermitages (i.e., monks)."

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to teach us in the event of fever or pain to recite:

“In the Name of Allah the Great, I seek refuge with Allah the Almighty from the evil of a vein gushing with blood and the evil of the heat of the Fire."

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that a platter of thareed was brought to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he said:

"Eat from the edges and do not eat from the middle, for the barakah descends in the middle.”

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

On the Day of Sacrifice, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about a man who shaved his head before stoning the Jamrah, or offered a sacrifice, and other cases of doing one ritual before or after another, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would say: “No problem, no problem.”

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Whoever you find doing the action of the people of Loot, kill the one who does it and the one to whom it is done."

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that

An Ansari man insulted one of the forefathers of al-'Abbas who lived at the time of Jahiliyyah, and al-'Abbas slapped him. His people came and said: By Allah we will certainly slap him (al-'Abbas) as he slapped him (our man), and they took up arms. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so he ascended the minbar and said: "O people, who among the people of this world is dearest to Allah?" They said: You are. He said: "al-'Abbas is of me and I am of him, so do not revile our dead lest you offend our living.” The people came and said: O Messenger of Allah, we seek refuge with Allah from your anger.