Book 25
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Wear white garments, for they are among the best of your garments, and shroud your dead in them. And the best of your kohl is antimony; it makes the vision clear and makes the hair grow."
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) trotted for three circuits of the House, and when he reached the Yemeni Corner, he began to walk, until he reached the [Black Stone, then he trotted, and he walked for four circuits. And Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: And that was Sunnah.
It was narrated from Barakah Abul-Waleed: Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) told me: The Messenger of Allah was sitting in the mosque, facing the [Black] Stone, then he looked at the sky and smiled, then he said:
"May Allah curse the Jews; animal fat was forbidden to them, so they sold it and consumed its price, But when Allah forbids people to eat something. He also forbids its price to them.”
Al-Hasan al-'Urani said: It was said in the presence of Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
Prayer is interrupted by a dog, a donkey or woman. He said: What a bad thing to make a Muslim woman equivalent to a dog or a donkey! I remember when I came on a donkey when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was leading the people in prayer, when I got close to him, in front of him, I dismounted and let it go, and I joined the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in his prayer. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not repeat his prayer and he did not tell me not to do what I had done. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was leading the people in prayer, and a small girl came, pushing through the rows, until she held onto the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not repeat his prayer and he did not tell her off for what she had done. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was praying in the mosque, and a lamb came out of one of the apartments of the Prophet (ﷺ) and wanted to pass in front of him, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped it. Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: So why don't you say that a lamb interrupts the prayer?
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
Whoever comes for Hajj, circumambulates the House and goes between as-Safa and al-Marwah, it is no longer Hajj; rather it becomes ‘Umrah. That was the Sunnah of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, and the Sunnah of His Messenger (ﷺ).
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed judgement on the basis of one witness and an oath.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: Abu Jahl said:
If I see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying at the Ka'bah, I will come to him and step on his neck. He [the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)] said: "If he does that, the angels will seize him visibly. And if the Jews had wished for death, they would have died and would have seen their place in Hell. And if those who challenged the Messenger of Allah had gone out and engaged in mubahalah [as challenged to do in Al 'Imran 3:61] and then gone back, they would have found no wealth or family.”
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: Abu Jahl said…
And he mentioned a similar report.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) circumambulated the House and started touching the [Black] Stone with his crooked stick. Then he went to where water was offered after he finished, and his paternal cousins were drawing water from it. He said: “Give me some.” A bucket was lifted up to him and he drank, then he said: “Were it not that the people would take it as a ritual and overwhelm you, I would have drawn water alongside you.” Then he went out, and went between as-Safa and al Marwah.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was treated with cupping when he was fasting and in ihram, and he fainted. Based on that, he said: This is why cupping is disliked for one who is fasting.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set free whoever came out to him of slaves.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said on the day of at-Ta'if.
“Whoever comes out to us of slaves, he is free.” So some slaves came out, among whom was Abu Bakrah, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) set them free.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that he said:
On the day of al-Khandaq, the Muslims killed a mushrik man and the mushrikeen offered money for his body. But the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Give their body back to them, for it is an evil body and an evil ransom." And he did not accept anything from them.
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stoned the Jamrah when the sun reached its zenith or after the sun reached its zenith
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that he said:
The people of Badr were three hundred and thirteen men, the Muhajireen were seventy six, and the defeat of the people of Badr was on Friday the seventeenth of Ramadan.
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Be easy-going and things will be made easy for you."
It was narrated from Muhammad bin 'Ali bin ‘Abdullah bin Abbas, from his father, that his grandfather ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “whoever asks a great deal for forgiveness. Allah will make a way out for him from every worry and distress, and Allah will send him provision from sources he never imagined.”
It was narrated that Yazeed bin Hurmuz said: Najdah bin ‘Amir wrote to Ibn 'Abbas asking him some questions. He said:
I was present with Ibn 'Abbas when he read his letter and when he wrote his answer. then ‘Abbas said: By Allah, were it not in order to prevent him from falling into wickedness, I would not have written to him. May he never be honoured. He wrote to him (saying): You asked about the share of the kinsmen whom Allah mentioned - who are they? We used to think that the kinsmen referred to were the kinsmen of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but our people denied that to us. You asked about the orphan and when he is no longer regarded as such, When he reaches the age of marriage and attains maturity of mind, then his wealth may be given to him, and he is no longer regarded as an orphan. You asked: did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kill any of the sons of the mushrikeen? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not kill any of them, so you should not kill any of them, unless you know about them what al-Khadir knew about the boy whom he killed. You asked about women and slaves, and whether they had any known share if they were present in battle? They were not given any known share, but they were given some reward from the booty.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to deliver the khutbah leaning on a tree trunk, before the minbar was set up. When the minbar was set up and he moved it, the tree trunk made a sorrowful sound. So he came to it and embraced it, and it calmed down. He said, "If I had not embraced it, it would have continued to grieve until the Day of Resurrection.”
A similar report was narrated from Anas, from the Prophet (ﷺ).
A similar report.
'Abdullah bin 'Ubaidullah bin ‘Abbas narrated: Some young men of Quraish and I entered upon Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) and asked him:
Did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recite Qurʼan in Zuhr and "Asr? He said: No. They said: Perhaps he was reciting to himself. He said: Woe to you! This is worse than the first (thing you said). The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was just a slave who followed instructions and conveyed that with which he was sent. He did not say anything to us alone to the exclusion of the people, except in three things; he instructed us to do wudoo' properly, not to consume zakah, and not to mate a donkey with a mare.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told some people of Banu Hashim to move on at night-Shu'bah said: I think he said: their weak ones-and he instructed them not to stone the jamrah until the sun rose. Shu'bah was not sure about “their weak ones."
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) defined the meeqat of the people of Madinah as Dhul-Hulaifah, that of the people of Sham (Syria) as aj-Juhfah; that of the people of Najd as Qarn, and that of the people of Yemen as Yalamlam. And he said: "And these meeqats are for the people at those very places, and besides them for those who come through those places with the intention of performing Hajj and 'Umrah; and whoever is living within these boundaries can enter ihram from the place he sets out, and so on, and the people of Makkah can enter ihram from where they start."
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to kiss his wives on the head when he was fasting.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
Revelation came to the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was forty years old; he was in Makkah for thirteen years and in Madinah for ten years, and he died when he was sixty-three years old.