The saying of Allah the Exalted: "Indeed, Ibrahim was compassionate (awwah)"

Zirr narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about the word "awwah," and he said: "One who supplicates very much."
Imam al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains a narrator, Asim, and he is thiqah (trustworthy), though he has been declared da'if (weak).

Abu al-Ubaydayn al-Amiri, whose eyesight had failed and whom Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to keep close to himself, is reported to have said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "If we do not ask you, whom shall we ask?" Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) felt tenderness towards him. He asked: "What is meant by awwah?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Tender-hearted." He asked: "What is meant by ummah?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "One who teaches people what is good." He asked: "What is meant by qanit?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Obedient." He asked: "What is meant by the word ma'un?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That people help one another among themselves." He asked: "What is meant by tabdhir?" Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Spending wealth wrongfully." In one narration the words are: "Spending wealth unlawfully."

In one narration the wording is: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to speak to the people every day. When Thursday came, people from various districts and villages would come to him. Once a blind man came to him, and then the narrator mentioned the hadith as before. Imam al-Tabarani recorded all these narrations with various chains; the narrators of the first two narrations are thiqat (trustworthy).