Reports on al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), paternal uncle of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and those of his children mentioned with him

Muhammad bin Ishaq narrates: Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him): his kunyah was "Abu al-Fadl", and his mother's name was Natilah bint Janab bin Kulayb bin Malik bin Abd Manaf bin Amr bin Amir bin Zayd bin Abd Manat bin Amir bin Sa'd bin al-Khazraj bin Taym al-Lat bin Namir bin Qasit bin Afsa bin Jadilah bin Asad bin Rabi'ah bin Nizar bin Ma'add bin Adnan.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and up to the one who said it, its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): Accept Islam. By Allah, your accepting Islam would be dearer to me than if (my father) al-Khattab were to become a Muslim, and the only reason for this is that it is dearer to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So accept Islam, and in this way you will have precedence.
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Aban, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abu Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that he gave the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the good news of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) accepting Islam, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set him free.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "This is Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib, the most generous of Quraysh and the one who most maintains the ties of kinship."
Imam Ahmad recorded it, al-Bazzar recorded something similar, and Abu Ya'la recorded it, except that his wording is: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the place called "Baqi' al-Khayl" when Sayyiduna Abbas came; the narrator states: after that he narrated the hadith as before.
Al-Tabarani recorded something similar, except that his wording is: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to prepare an army; he looked at Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said (that is, the previous narration follows). Its chain contains Muhammad bin Talhah al-Taymi, whom more than one scholar declared thiqah (trustworthy), and the rest of the narrators of Ahmad and Abu Ya'la are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission to emigrate, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O uncle, stay where you are, for Allah Almighty will conclude the emigration through you just as He concluded prophethood through me."
Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Abu Mus'ab Isma'il bin Qays, who is matruk (abandoned).

Urwah bin al-Zubayr narrates: Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had accepted Islam, and he continued to carry out the duty of the Siqayah (that is, giving Zamzam water to the pilgrims); he did not emigrate.
Al-Tabarani recorded it as a mursal report, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Imam Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Guard me with regard to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) (i.e. look after him for my sake), for he is the remnant of my forefathers."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Accept my counsel to treat my uncle Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) well! For he is the remnant of my forefathers, and a man's uncle stands in the place of his father."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abdullah bin Khirash, who is da'if (weak). Ibn Hibban declared him thiqah (trustworthy), and he said: He sometimes made mistakes. The remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Ismah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: One day Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the mosque and greeted the people with salam, and he sensed displeasure on the people's faces. So he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at his house and said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the reason that when I entered the mosque, I sensed displeasure on the people's faces? The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out, entered the mosque and said: "O assembly of people! You will not be counted as believing in Allah Almighty, nor will you be counted as believers, until you love Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, al-Fadl bin al-Mukhtar, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: Once, on a hot day, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned from a military expedition, and water was placed for him so that he could cool himself with it. Meanwhile Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, and he hung a sheet that he was wearing as a screen behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: Who is this? The people said: O Messenger of Allah! It is your uncle, Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished bathing, he came out from behind that sheet, raised both his hands and made this supplication: "O my dear uncle! May Allah Almighty protect you and your offspring from Hell."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abu Mus'ab Isma'il bin Qays, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his uncle, Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "I am the one who brings the line of the Prophets to its end." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands and said: "O Allah! Forgive Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), the sons of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and the sons of the sons of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)."
Al-Tabarani narrated it from his teacher Abd al-Rahman bin Hatim al-Muradi, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Ghasil (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: I was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He passed by Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: My dear uncle! Bring your sons with you to me. So Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) went and brought six of his sons with him: Sayyiduna al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Qutham (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ma'bad (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took them into a house, covered them with his black sheet embroidered in red, and made this supplication: "O Allah! These are my household (Ahl al-Bayt) and my kin ('itrah); so cover them from Hell (i.e. save them from it) just as I have covered them with this sheet." The narrator says: Every brick and every door in the house said Amin to it.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abu Usayd al-Sa'idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him): "Tomorrow, you and your sons are not to leave the house until I come to you, for I have a matter with you." The next day they kept waiting for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), until, after the day had risen high, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to them and said: Al-salamu alaykum (peace be upon you)! They replied: Wa alaykum al-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh (and upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: How are you all? They replied: We are well; we praise Allah Almighty. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Come close to one another and gather together. When they had done so, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) put his sheet over them and then said: "O my Lord! This is my uncle, he stands in the place of my father, and these are my household (Ahl al-Bayt); so keep them covered from Hell (i.e. keep them safe from it) just as I have kept them covered with this sheet of mine." The narrator says: Then the threshold of the door and the walls of the house said Amin to it, saying: Amin, Amin, Amin.
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Ibn Majah recorded part of this report in the Book of Manners (Kitab al-Adab). Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports: When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), he would not get up from beside him; however, the case of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was different, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was pleased by this. One day Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was coming, so Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) moved from his place for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What is the matter with you? He said: O Messenger of Allah! Your uncle is coming. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) looked towards him, then turned towards Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and said, smiling: "Here is Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) coming, and he is wearing white clothes, whereas after him his descendants will wear black, and twelve men from among them will become kings." When Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) arrived, he said: O Messenger of Allah! Did you say something to Abu Bakr? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said nothing but good. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! You are right; you say nothing but good. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said that Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who is my uncle, is coming, wearing white clothes, and that after him his descendants will soon wear black, and twelve men from among them will become kings.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and in abridged form in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; its chain contains a group of narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: When Safwan bin Umayyah al-Jumahi came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked him: O Abu Wahb! Where are you staying? He said: I am staying with Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You are staying with a man who, among Quraysh, has the greatest love for Quraysh.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain contains narrators whom I do not know.

Sayyiduna Abu Razin (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: Who is the elder, you or the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? He replied: He is greater than me, but I was born before him. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was older than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he was born three years before the Year of the Elephant.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Al-Haytham bin Adi says: Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud and Sayyiduna Abu Sufyan bin Harb (may Allah be pleased with them) passed away after 9 years of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) had elapsed. Some people say: He passed away in (the year) 34, and Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani led his funeral prayer.

He says: It has reached me that Abd al-Muttalib lost his sight, Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) also lost his sight, and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) also lost his sight.

It has reached me
that Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had ten sons, besides his daughters. Among his children were Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Qutham (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ma'bad (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyidah Umm Habib (may Allah be pleased with her). The mother of these children of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) is Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl al-Sughra (may Allah be pleased with her); her name is Lubabah bint al-Harith bin Hazn bin Qays Ghaylan. She accepted Islam early on, in Makkah. About Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) the poet said: "To our knowledge, no noble woman, on mountain or on plain, has given birth to sons like the six sons of Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her). Through them the mature woman and the mature man were honoured: (her husband) is the uncle of the Chosen Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), (that Prophet) who is the possessor of excellence, the seal of the Messengers and the best of all the Messengers." (Among the children of Sayyiduna Abbas) one is Sayyiduna al-Harith bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); his mother is Hujaylah bint Jundub bin Rabi'ah, who is from the descendants of Tamim bin Sa'd bin Hudhayl bin Mudrikah. And there is Umaymah bint Abbas, whom Abbas bin Utbah bin Abi Lahab married; and one is Safiyyah, who was a full sister of al-Harith. Some people say: this woman's mother is different from al-Harith's mother. The other children of Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) are Sayyiduna Kathir bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Awn bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Rawh (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Tammam bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who was the youngest of his father's children. It is said that Sayyiduna Tammam bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was the full brother of Sayyiduna Kathir bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both). About Sayyiduna Tammam bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib composed these verses: "Through Tammam they were completed and became ten; so, O Lord, make them noble and righteous; make them a reminder, and make their fruit flourish abundantly."
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrator named al-Haytham bin Adi is matruk (abandoned).

Al-Haytham bin Adi says: Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) passed away four years before his father, in 28 AH. People have differed about the death of Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): some say that he was martyred in Syria at the battle of Ajnadayn; one view is that he was martyred at the battle of Marj al-Suffar, and both these events took place in 13 AH; according to another view he was martyred at the battle of Yarmuk in 15 AH; and it has also been said that he died in the plague of Amwas in 18 AH. At the time of his death he was 21 years old.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and the narrator named al-Haytham is matruk (abandoned).