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

Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

I learned a verse of the Qur'an that no man has ever asked me about and I do not know whether the people knew about it and so did not ask me about it, or they were not aware of it and that is why they did not ask about it. Then he started talking to us, and when he stood up to leave, we regretted that we had not asked him about it. I said I will ask him when I see him tomorrow. When the next day came, I said: O Ibn 'Abbas, yesterday you said that there was a verse in the Qur'an that no man ever asked you about, and you did not know whether the people knew it and so did not ask about it, or they were not aware of it. I said: Tell me about it and about the verses before it. He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Qurraish: "O Quraish, there is no goodness in anyone who is worshipped instead of Allah." Quraish knew that the Christians worship Eesa Ibn Maryam, so they said: O Muhammad, didn't you say that "Eesa was a Prophet and one of the righteous slaves of Allah? If you are telling the truth, then their gods are also as you say. Then Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "And when the son of Maryam (Mary) is quoted as an example [i.e. Eesa (Jesus) is worshipped like their idols], behold, your people cry aloud (laugh out at the example)" [azZukhruf 43:57]. I said: What does yasiddoona (cry aloud) mean? He said: Make noise. "And he "Eesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)] shall be a known sign for (the coming of) the Hour” [az-Zukhruf 43.61). He said: That is the appearance of "Eesa Ibn Maryam before the Day of Resurrection.

'Abdullah bin 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

Whilst the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting in the courtyard of his house in Makkah, 'Uthman bin Maz'oon passed by him and smiled at the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: "Why don't you sit down?” He said: Yes (I will). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat opposite him and whilst he was speaking to him, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) lifted his gaze up and looked at the sky for a while, Then he lowered his gaze and looked to the ground at his right. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) shifted his position, turning away from 'Uthman towards the spot at which he had lowered his gaze, and he started shaking his head as it he was trying to understand something that was being said to him, whilst Ibn Maz'oon was looking on. When he had finished and understood what was said to him, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) looked up at the sky as he had done the first time, following something with his gaze until it disappeared in the sky. Then he turned towards 'Uthman and sat as he had been sitting originally. He said: O Muhammad, I have sat and talked to you before, but I have never seen you doing what you did just now. He said: "What did you see me doing?” He said: I saw you lifting your gaze to the sky, then lowering it until you were looking to your right. Then you shifted position and turned away from me. Then you started to shake your head as if you were trying to understand something that was being said to you. He said: "Did you notice that?" 'Uthman said: Yes. The Messenger of Allah said: "A messenger from Allah came to me just now whilst you are sitting here." He said: A messenger from Allah? He said: "Yes." He said: What did he say to you? He said: “Verily, Allah enjoins Al-'Adl (i.e. justice and worshipping none but Allah Alone - Islamic Monotheism) and AI-Ihsan [i.e. to be patient in performing your duties to Allah, totally for Allah's sake and in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways) of the Prophet (ﷺ) in a perfect manner), and giving (help) to kith and kin (i.e. all that Allah has ordered you to give them, e.g., wealth, visiting, looking after them, or any other kind of help), and forbids Al-Fahshah’ (i.e. all evil deeds, e.g. illegal sexual acts, disobedience of parents, polytheism, to tell lies, to give false witness, to kill a life without right), and Al-Munkar (ie, all that is prohibited by Islamic law: polytheism of every kind, disbelief and every kind of evil deeds), and Al-Baghy (ie, all kinds of oppression). He admonishes you, that you may take heed” [an-Nahl 16:90]. 'Uthman said. That was when the faith took hold in my heart and I began to love Muhammad.

Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Every Prophet (ﷺ) has a sanctuary and my sanctuary is Madinah. O Allah, I declare it sacred by Your authority. The evildoer is not to be given sanctuary in it, its grasses are not to be cut, its thorns are not to be cut and its lost property is not to be picked up except by one who will announce it.

Ibn 'Abbas said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Any man who claims to belong to someone other than his father or to someone other than his former masters who manumitted him, upon him be the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people until the Day of Resurrection, and no obligatory or nafl act of worship will be accepted from him.”

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

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was forbidden all kinds of women except those who were believers and muhajirat (migrants). Allah said: “It is not lawful for you (to marry other) women after this, nor to change them for other wives even though their beauty attracts you, except those (slaves) whom your right hand possesses” [al-Ahzab 33.52]. And Allah permitted free, believing women: "and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet (ﷺ)" (al-Ahzab. 33:50). And He forbade every woman who follows a religion other than Islam and said: "And whosoever disbelieves in Faith, (i.e. in the Oneness of Allah and in all the other Articles of Faith i.e. His (Allah's) Angels, His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al-Qadar (Divine Premrdainments)), then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers" (al-Ma’idah 5:5) and "O Prophet (Muhammad (ﷺ))! Verily, We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), and those (slaves) whom your right hand possesses - whom Allah has given to you, and the daughters of your 'Amm (paternal uncles) and the daughters of your “Ammat (paternal aunts) and the daughters of your Khal (maternal uncles) and the daughters of your Khalat (maternal aunts) who migrated (from Makkah) with you, and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet (ﷺ) wishes to marry her - a privilege for you only, not for the (rest of the) believers" [al-Ahzab 33:50). And He forbade all other types of women apart from that.

'Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) proposed to a woman of his people whose name was Sawdah, who had a lot of children: she had five or six children from a husband of hers who had died. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: “What is keeping you from marrying me?” She said: By Allah, O Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, what is keeping me from marrying you is not that you are not the dearest of people to me, but I do not want these children to make noise at your head morning and evening. He said: "Is anything else keeping you from marrying me?" She said. No, by Allah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to her: “May Allah have mercy on you; the best women who ever rode camels are the righteous women of Quraish, They are the most compassionate towards children when they are small, and they take the best care of their husbands' wealth.”

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat in a gathering of his and Jibreel (عليه السلام) came to him and sat in front of the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ), placing his hands on the knees of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said:

O Messenger of Allah, tell me about Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Islam is to turn your face towards Allah (in submission), to bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner or associate, and to bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.” He said: If I do that, will I have become Muslim? He said: "If you do that, you will have become Muslim." He said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me about faith. He said: "Faith means to believe in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book and the Prophets; to believe in death and in life after death; and to believe in Paradise, Hell, the Reckoning, and the Balance; and to believe in predestination, all of it, both good and bad." He said: And if I do that, will I have believed? He said: "If you do that, you will have believed.” He said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me about ihsan, The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Ihsan means to strive for the sake of Allah as if you can see Him, and although you cannot see Him, He sees you.” He said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me, when is the Hour? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Subhanallah, there are five matters of the Unseen which no one knows except Him: ‘Verily, Allah, with Him (Alone) is the knowledge of the Hour. He sends down the rain, and knows that which is in the wombs. No person knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no person knows in what land he will die. Verily, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware (of things) [Luqman 31:34). But if you wish, I will tell you some of the signs of its approach.” He said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah, tell me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “When you see the slave woman give birth to her mistress or her master, and you see the shepherds competing in the construction of lofty buildings, and you see the barefoot, hungry dependents become prominent figures among the people, those are signs and portents of the Hour.” He said: O Messenger of Allah, who are the shepherds and the barefoot, hungry dependents? He said: “The Arabs.”

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

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) interpreted things positively and was not pessimistic, and he liked every good name.

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said concerning the verse,

"You (true believers in Islamic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and his Sunnah) are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind” [Al 'Imran 3:11]: [This refers to] those who migrated with Muhammad (ﷺ) to Madinah.

It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came or came out to them when they were sitting and said:

“Shall I not tell you of the best of people in status?" We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "A man who holds on to the head of a horse (in jihad) for the sake of Allah until he dies or is killed." Then he said: "Shall I not tell you of the one who comes next to him (in status)?" We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "A man who isolates himself in a mountain pass, establishing prayer, paying zakah and avoiding people's evil.” Then he said: “Shall I not tell you of the worst of people in status?" We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "The one who is asked for the sake of Allah and does not give.”

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that the Prophet (ﷺ) came out to them when they were sitting and said:

“Shall I not tell you of the best of people in status?"... And he narrated a similar report.

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

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to give to women and slaves from the booty what he gave to the army (regular soldiers).

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to give to slaves and women from the booty.

Yazeed narrated from someone who heard Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) say:...

Something less than what the army got.

It was narrated from Shu’bah that

al-Miswar bin Makhramah entered upon Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) to visit him when he was sick, and he was wearing a cloak of brocade. He said: O Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه), what is this garment? He said: Which one? He said: This brocade. He said: By Allah, I was not aware of it and I did not think that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade this when he forbade it, except for those who were arrogant and proud and we, praise be to Allah, are not like that. He said: What are these images in the stove? He said: Do you not see that we have burned them with fire? When al-Miswar left, he said: Take this garment away from me and cut off the heads of the images. They said: O Ibn 'Abbas, why don't you take it to the market? You could sell it for more is you leave the heads. He said. No. And he ordered that the heads be cut off.

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to send him with his family to Mina on the Day of Sacrifice to stone the Jamrah with the dawn.

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent him with his family to Mina on the Day of Sacrifice and they stoned the jamrah with the dawn.

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

The Messenger of Allah said: Whoever has intercourse with his female slave and she bears him a child, she becomes free after he dies.”

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

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray in a garment, wrapping it around himself and using its extra length to protect himself from the heat and cold of the ground.

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

The slave woman would bring the Messenger of Allah meat from the shoulder (of an animal) from the pot. He would eat from it, then he would go out to the prayer and would Pray without doing wudoo’ or touching water.