Book 25
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It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) from
The Prophet (ﷺ) that he led them in praying eight rak'ahs at the time of a solar eclipse, in which he recited then bowed then raised his head; then he recited then bowed then raised his head; then he recited then bowed then raised his head; then he recited then bowed then raised his head, then he prostrated. He said: And the second rak'ah was the same.
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
It was said to the Prophet (ﷺ): Why don't you marry the daughter of Hamzah? He said: "She is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.”
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It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
A woman of Kath’am said: O Messenger of Allah, the command of Allah to do Hajj has come when my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in the saddle. Can I do Hajj on his behalf? He said: Yes.
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It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
He invited his brother ‘Ubaidullah to eat on the day of Arafat, and he said, I am fasting. He said: You are leaders whose example is followed, I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) call for fresh milk on this day and he drank. On one occasion Yahya (one of the narrators) said:... Members of a household whose example is followed.
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’Ata' bin Abi Rabah said: Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said to me.
Shall I show you a woman of the people of Paradise? I said Yes, He said: This black woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: I have seizures and become uncovered; pray to Allah for me. He said: "If you wish, you can be patient and Paradise will be yours, or if you wish, I will pray to Allah to heal you." She said: No, rather I will be patient, but pray to Allah that I do not become uncovered. And he prayed for her.
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It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas - Yahya said:
Shu'bah used to attribute it to the Prophet (ﷺ)-: "Prayer is interrupted by a dog and a menstruating woman."
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade killing bees, ants, sparrow hawks and hoopoes. Yahya said: And I saw in the book of Sufyan: It was narrated from Juraij, from Ibn Abi Labeed, from az-Zuhri.
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It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه):
I stayed overnight in the house of my maternal aunt Maimoonah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) got up at night, undid a waterskin and did wudoo’, then he stood and prayed. I stood on his left and he took hold of my hand and brought me around and made me stand on his right, and I prayed with him.
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) prayed Zuhr in Dhul-Hulaifah, then he called for his camel and he marked it with a cut on the right side of its hump and the blood flowed from it. Then he garlanded it with two sandals. Then he called for his mount and when he reached al-Baida', he entered ihram for Hajj.
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It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out to relieve himself, then some food was brought to him and he ate and did not touch water.
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
Umm Hufaid, the maternal aunt of Ibn 'Abbas, gave the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) some ghee, dried yogurt and lizard meat. He ate the ghee and dried yoghurt, but he left the lizard meat because he found it off-putting. It was eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and if it were haram, it would not have been eaten at the table of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
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It was narrated that Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and started talking to him, and he said: What Allah wills and you will. He said: "Are you making me equal to Allah? What Allah alone wills.”
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It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me on the morning of (stoning) al-'Aqabah (i.e., the 10" of Dhul-Hijjah), when he was sitting on his mount: "Pick up (pebbles) for me.” I picked up for him small pebbles (the size of broad beans). When he took them in his hand, he said: "Yes, like these,” twice, And he gestured with his hand - Yahya indicated that he raised it - and said: “Beware of going to extremes in religious matters, for those who came before you were destroyed because of going to extremes in religious matters.”
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) was told to face towards the Ka'bah (in prayer), they said: O Messenger of Allah, what about those of our brothers who died before that, who died when they were facing towards Jerusalem? Then Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, revealed the words: "And Allah would never make your faith (prayers) to be lost (i.e. your prayers offered towards Jerusalem)" (al-Baqarah 2:143).
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Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The first woman to wear a girdle was the mother of Isma'eel; she used her girdle to hide her tracks from Sarah... and he mentioned the hadeeth. Ibn 'Abbas said: May Allah have mercy on the mother of Isma'eel! Had she let Zamzam flow or had she not scooped from that water, Zamzam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth. Ibn 'Abbas said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The mother of Isma'eel was sitting near the water and she enjoyed the company of people. They settled there and sent for their families, who came and settled with them. In his hadeeth he said. She came down from as-Safa and when she reached the valley, she lifted the hem of her garment then ran like one who is exhausted until she crossed the valley, then she came to al-Marwah. Then she stood on it and looked to see if she could see anyone, but she could not see anyone. And she did that seven times." Ibn ‘Abbas said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "That is why the people ran between them (the two hills).”
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It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said, concerning the verse,
“And (remember) when the disbelievers plotted against you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)) to imprison you” (al-Anfal 8:30): Quraish discussed one night in Makkah. Some of them said: When morning comes, chain him up - referring to the Prophet (ﷺ). Others said: Rather you should kill him. And others said: Rather you should expel him. Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, informed His Prophet (ﷺ) about that, so ‘Ali slept in the bed of the Prophet (ﷺ) that night, and the Prophet (ﷺ) set out until he reached the cave, And the mushrikeen stayed lying in wait for 'Ali all night, thinking that he was the Prophet (ﷺ). When morning came, they entered upon him, and when they saw ‘Ali and (realized that) Allah had foiled their plot, they said: Where is your companion? He said: I do not know. They tried to track him down, but when they reached the mountain, they got confused. They climbed up the mountain and passed by the cave, but they saw a spider web over its entrance and said. If he entered here, there would not be a spider web over the entrance. And he stayed there for three nights.
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No one should say, I am better than Yoonus bin Matta," and he mentioned his father. He committed a sin, then his Lord brought him close to him.
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It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (رضي الله عنه) that
The Prophet (ﷺ) said on the day of the conquest (of Makkah): “Its grasses are not to be cut and its game is not to be disturbed; its thorns are not to be cut; and its lost property is not permissible except for one who will announce it.” Al-'Abbas said: Except idhkhir, O Messenger of Allah. He said: “Except idhkhir, for it is permissible.”
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It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said - he (the narrator) said:
I only think that he attributed it to the Prophet (ﷺ). He used to enjoin killing snakes and said: "Whoever leaves them alone out of fear or for fear of harm, is not one of us." And Ibn 'Abbas said: Small snakes are transformed jinn as monkeys are transformed people from among the Children of Israel.
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It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Snakes are transformed jinn."
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It was narrated that Tawoos said: I was with Ibn 'Abbas, when Zaid bin Thabit said:
Are you giving a fatwa that a menstruating woman may leave before the last thing she does is to circumambulate the House? He said: Yes. He said: Do not issue a fatwa to that effect. Ibn 'Abbas said to him: Why not? Ask So and so, the Ansari woman, whether the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told her to do that? Zaid bin Thabit came back to Ibn 'Abbas smiling and said: I see that you were telling the truth.
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Abu Hadir said:
Ibn 'Umar was asked about earthenware jars: can nabeedh be made in them? He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that. The man went to Ibn "Abbas and told him what Ibn 'Umar had said. Ibn 'Abbas said: He was right. The man said to Ibn ‘Abbas: What kind of earthenware jar did the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbid? He said. That which is made from clay.
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It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) from
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) that he set out in the year of the conquest in the month of Ramadan, and he fasted until he reached al-Kadeed, then he broke his fast.
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`Ata' said:
We attended the funeral of Maimoonah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), with Ibn 'Abbas in Sarif. Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) said: This is the wife of The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), so when you lift her bier, do not shake it. Be gentle, for he used to give a share of his time to eight and not to one. 'Ata said: He did not give a share of his time to Safiyyah bint Huyay bin Akhtab.
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Sa'eed bin al-Huwairith narrated that he heard Ibn ‘Abbas (رضي الله عنه) say:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went out and relieved himself, then food was brought to him and he ate and did not touch water.