Sufyan said: "Ubaidullah bin Abu Yazeed told me seventy years ago. I heard Ibn "Abbas say:
I did not see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) fast any day, seeking its virtue and superiority over other days, apart from the day of "Ashoora" - and on one occasion Sufyan said. Except this day, meaning "Ashoora" - and this month, the month of Ramadan.
Ibn "Abbas was asked about a man who killed a believer, then he repented and believed and did righteous deeds, then followed true guidance. He said: Woe to you, how could he follow true guidance? I heard your Prophet (ﷺ) say: "The slain one will come, holding on to his killer, saying: "O Lord, ask this one why he killed me." By Allah, Allah revealed it to your Prophet (ﷺ) and He did not abrogate it after He revealed it. Woe to you, how can he follow true guidance?
the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was shrouded in three pieces of cloth: his chemise in which he died and a Najrani hullah (a kind of suit), and the hullah is two pieces of cloth.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said with regard to the mukatab [a slave who has drawn up a contract of manumission with his master and is buying his freedom in instalments]: “A portion of the diyah of a free man should be paid, commensurate with how much he had paid towards his manumission, and a portion of the diyah of a slave should be paid, commensurate with the extent to which he was still a slave."
The last hardship the believer faces is death, And he said concerning the verse, "The Day that the sky will be like al-muhl." [al-Ma"arij 70:8]: [This means] the fifth of oil. And he said concerning the verse, “during the hours of the night" [Al-‘Imran 3:113]. This means] in the depths of the night. And he said: Do you know what the disappearance of knowledge is? He said: It is the disappearance of the scholars from the earth.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was in Makkah, then he was commanded to migrate and the verse was revealed to him: “And say (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) : My Lord! Let my entry (to the city of Al Madinah) be good, and (likewise) my exit (from the city of Makkah) be good. And grant me from You an authority to help me (or a firm sign or a proof" al-Isra" 17:80].
It was narrated from Ibn "Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“The people will be gathered barefoot, naked and uncircumcised, and the first one to be clothed will be Ibraheem (عليه السلام)." Then he recited: "As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it" [al-Anbiya" 21:104]
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) put Zuhr and ‘Asr, and Maghrib and "Isha", together in Madinah when there was no state of fear or rain. It was said to Ibn ‘Abbas: What was the purpose of that? He said: He did not want to cause any hardship for his ummah.
A man from Banu ‘Amir came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, show me the Seal that is between your shoulders, for I know the most about medical matters. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: "Shall I not show you a sign?" He said: Yes. He looked at a palm tree and said: "Call this bunch of dates." So he called it, and it came jumping until it stopped in front of him. Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to it: "Go back," and it went back to its place. The "Amiri man said: O Banu "Amir, I have never seen any man more skilled in magic than I have seen today.
concerning the verse "The (Prophet"s) heart lied not in what he (Muhammad(ﷺ)) saw” [an-Najm 53:11]: Muhammad saw his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted, with his heart, twice.
It was narrated that Ibn "Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
"Whoever has a daughter born to him and does not bury her alive or humiliate her or prefer his sons over her, Allah will admit him to Paradise because of her.”
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went on a journey and stayed for nineteen days, offering the prayers two [rak"ahs] by two. Ibn "Abbas said: When we travelled and stayed for nineteen days, we offered the prayers two [rak"ahs] by two, but if we stayed longer than that, we offered the prayers with four [rak"ahs].
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade muhaqalah and muzabanah[1], and ‘Ikrimah regarded it as makrooh to sell wheat or barley harvested when it is green.
[1]Muhaqalah means selling the field for a known measure of grain. Muzabanah means selling the palm tree for some wasqs of dried dates.