Book 25
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Hanzalah as-Sadoosi narrated: I said to ‘Ikrimah:
In Maghrib prayer I recite Qul A'oodhu bi Rabbil-falaq and Qul A'oodhu bi Rabbin-Nas, and some people criticise me for that. He said: What is wrong with that? Recite them, for they are from the Qur'an. Then he said: Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) told me that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came and prayed two rak’ahs in which he did not recite anything but the Essence of the Book (i.e., al-Fatihah).
It was narrated from 'Ikrimah that
Some of these heretics were brought to ‘Ali and they had some books with them. He issued orders that a fire be lit, then he burned them and their books. News of that reached Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) and he said: If it were me, I would not have burned them because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade it; but I would have executed them because the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever changes his religion, execute him.” And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do not punish with the punishment of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted.”
It was narrated from ‘Ikrimah that
‘Ali caught some people who had apostatised from Islam, and he burned them with fire. News of that reached Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) and he said: If it were me, I would not have burned them. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do not punish anyone with the punishment of Allah, may He be glorified and exalted.” And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever changes his religion, execute him." News of what Ibn 'Abbas said reached ‘Ali and he said: Woe to the son of the mother of Ibn 'Abbas!
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) in a dream when I slept in the middle of the day. He was standing, looking dishevelled and dusty, with a bottle in his hand in which there was blood. I said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah. What is this? He said: This is the blood of al-Husain and his companions. I have been collecting it all day. We worked out that day, and we found that it was the day on which he was killed.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered the funeral prayer after the person had been buried. And Wakee' said: Sufyan told us something similar.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"If one of you says, when he has intercourse with his wife, "In the Name of Allah, O Allah keep us away from the Shaitan and keep the Shaitan away from what You bestow on us (our children),' if a child is born to them, the Shaitan will never be able to harm him.”
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Teach and make things easy, do not make things difficult. And if you get angry, keep quiet; if you get angry, keep quiet; if you get angry, keep quiet."
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) put Zuhr and ‘Asr together in Madinah, when he was not travelling and there was no fear. I (the narrator) said: O Abul-'Abbas, why did he do that? He said: He did not want to make things difficult for anyone of his ummah.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) went to the outhouse and relieved himself, then some food was brought to him. They said: Should we bring you water for wudoo? He said: “Why should I do wudoo? When I want to pray, I will do wudoo’.”
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
I slept in the house of my maternal aunt Maimoonah bint al-Harith. The Prophet (ﷺ) got up at night and went to relieve himself, then he came and washed his face and hands, then he slept. Then he got up at night and went to the waterskin and undid its straps, then he did a wudoo’ that was somewhere between the most complete and the most light; he did not use a lot of water but it was a proper wudoo’. Then he stood and prayed. I hid myself because I did not want him to see me watching him. Then I got up and did the same as he had done, and I stood on his left. He took hold of my neck, where the ear is, and moved me around until I was standing on his right whilst he was praying. He prayed thirteen rak'ahs, including the two [Sunnah] rak'ahs of Fajr. Then he lay down and slept until he breathed deeply, Then Bilal came and called him to pray, so he got up and prayed and did not do wudoo’ [again].
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) got married whilst he was in ihram, and he was treated with cupping whilst he was in ihram.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that a man said:
O Messenger of Allah, whatever Allah wills and you will. He said: "Are you making me equal to Allah? Rather what Allah alone wills.”
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) entered the House and offered supplication in different parts of it, then he came out and prayed two rak'ahs.
‘Abdul-ʻAzeez - i.e., Ibn Rufai' - said:
Someone who heard Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) told me that he said: The Prophet (ﷺ) did not halt between 'Arafat and Muzdalifah except to pass water.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited the Talbiyah until he stoned Jamratal-'Aqabah.
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married Maimoonah in Sarif when he was in ihram.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
One of the wives of the Prophet (ﷺ) washed herself following janabah, then the Prophet (ﷺ) came and did wudoo’ using her left over water. She said: I did ghusl using it. He said: “Nothing makes water najis (impure).”
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
I stayed overnight in the house of my maternal aunt Maimoonah, and I watched to see how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would pray. He got up, urinated, then washed his face and hands, then he slept. Then he got up and went to a waterskin, undid its straps, and poured some water into a bowl or vessel. He tipped it towards himself with his hand and did a good wudoo’, not using too much or too little water. Then I came and stood beside him, and stood on his left. He took hold of me and made me stand on his right. The prayer of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) included thirteen rak'ahs, then he slept until he was breathing deeply. We knew that he was sleeping when he breathed deeply. Then he went out to pray, and he prayed, and said in his prayer or in his prostration: "O Allah, put in my heart light, in my hearing light, in my seeing light, to my right light, to my left light, in front of me light, behind me light, above me light, below me light, make me light - or Shu'bah said: give me light." 'Umar bin Deenar narrated from Kuraib, from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that he slept lying on his side.
'Umar bin Harmalah said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) say:
My maternal aunt Umm Hufaid gave the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) some ghee, milk and a (cooked) lizard. As for the lizard, the Prophet (ﷺ) found it off-putting. Khalid bin al-Waleed said to him: Do you find it off-putting, O Messenger of Allah? He said, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) took the milk and drank some, then he said to Ibn 'Abbas, who was on his right, "As for the drink, it is your turn, but will you give me permission to give it to your paternal uncle?” Ibn 'Abbas said: I said: No, by Allah, with regard to your left-over drink I will never give precedence to anyone. Then I took it and drank some, then I gave it to him. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "I do not know of any drink that could replace food except milk. Whoever among you drinks it, let him say: ‘O Allah, bless it for us and give us more.' And whoever eats food, let him say: 'O Allah, bless it for us and give us something better than it.’"
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) relieved himself, then he came back and was given a bone with meat on it. He did not do wudoo', but he ate from it. 'Amr added to this hadeeth: It was narrated that Sa'eed bin al-Huwairith said: It was said: O Messenger of Allah, you did not do wudoo’. He said: "I do not intend to pray, such that I would need to do wudoo’.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) drank, he would pause to breathe twice whilst drinking. And my father wrote after this hadeeth: I do not think 'Abdullah heard this hadeeth (directly).
It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
I stayed with Maimoonah the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) who was my maternal aunt, on a night when she was not praying. She took a cloth and folded it up, and put a pillow on top of it, then she threw another cloth over it and covered herself with it. She spread out another mat for me and I put my head on the same pillow as her. Then the Prophet (ﷺ) came when he had prayed 'Isha', and he took a cloth and wrapped himself in it, and took off his garment, then he lay down with her under the same blanket. Then at the end of the night, he got up and went to a waterskin that was hanging and shook it. I wanted to get up and pour water for him, but I did not want him to know that I was awake. He did wudoo’, then he went to the bed and put on his two garments and took off the wrapper. Then he went to the mosque, where he stood and prayed. I went to the waterskin and did wudoo', then I came to the mosque and stood on his left, but he moved me and made me stand on his right. He prayed and I prayed, thirteen rak'ahs, then he lay down and I lay down beside him. He put his elbow on my side and his check was next to my cheek until I heard the breathing of one who is asleep. Then Bilal came and said: Prayer, O Messenger of Allah. He went to the mosque and I followed him, and he prayed the two (Sunnah) rak'ahs of Fajr, then Bilal began to recite the iqamah.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) and he mentioned something. He said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to use the siwak a great deal, to such an extent that we thought that Revelation would come down concerning it.
It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prayed, then he delivered the khutbah, as did Abu Bakr, 'Umar and 'Uthman, on Eid, with no adhan or iqamah. My father said: ‘Abdullah heard it.
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
They started asking him about prayer whilst travelling. Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: When the Prophet (ﷺ) departed from his family, he would pray no more than two rak'ahs until he returned.