Hatim bin Abi Sagheerah told us: One of Banu "Abdul-Muttalib told me:

"Ali bin ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas came to us during a Hajj season and I heard him say: My father, "Abdullah bin "Abbas, told me that his father al-"Abbas came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: O Messenger of Allah, I am your uncle and I have grown old and my time is near. Teach me something by means of which Allah will benefit me. He said: “O Abbas, you are my paternal uncle, but I cannot help you before Allah at all; rather ask your Lord for pardon and well being in this world and in the Hereafter." He said it three times. Then he came to him at Qarnal-Hawl and said something similar to him.