Hadith of Abdullah bin Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd Manaf (may Allah be pleased with him), Abu al-Abbas, his accounts and his death

Dawud bin Ali narrated: Sayyidah Umm al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with her) became pregnant in the Shi'b (during the siege of Abu Talib's valley), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I hope that she will brighten our faces with a son." So she gave birth to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his household were in the Shi'b, my father (Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Muhammad! I think Umm al-Fadl has become pregnant. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perhaps Allah will cool our eyes with a son." So I was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while I was wrapped in my cloth, and he did tahnik for me (chewed something and rubbed it on my palate). Mujahid said: We know of no one other than him (Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)) who received tahnik with the saliva of prophethood.

Yahya bin Bukayr narrated: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in Ta'if in the year 68 AH, and at that time he was seventy-two years old; he used to dye his beard yellow. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I was born three years before the Hijrah, while we were in the Shi'b. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I was thirteen years old."

Dawud bin Rushayd said: "Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in the year 68 AH."

Abu Nu'aym said: "Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in the year 68 AH."

Muhammad bin Ishaq said: "Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was tall, with a complexion tinged with yellow, large-bodied, handsome and bright-faced, and he had two plaits of hair."

Habib bin Abi Thabit said: "I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he had hair (hanging down to his shoulders)."

Abu Ishaq said: "I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) during the days of Mina with long hair; he was wearing a lower garment that hung somewhat low, and over it he wore a yellow cloak."

Imran bin Abi Ata said: I was present with Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah when Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in Ta'if. He said four takbirs over him (in the funeral prayer), took hold of him from the side of the qiblah when lowering him into the grave, and kept a tent pitched over his grave for three days.

Abu Hamzah Imran bin Abi Ata said: I was present at the death of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Ta'if. Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah took charge of his preparation for burial, said four takbirs over him, lowered him into the grave from the side of his feet, and pitched a tent over his grave.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I was ten years old."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I had recited the Muhkam, meaning the Mufassal (the last portion of the Qur'an), in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)," and he was twelve years old at that time.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away when I had already recited the Muhkam of the Qur'an." Shu'bah said: I asked Abu Bishr: What is the Muhkam? He said: The Mufassal.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I was fifteen years old and I had already been circumcised."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I had already been circumcised."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that his mother, Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), told him: One day I was passing by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was sitting in the Hijr (of Isma'il), and he said: "O Umm al-Fadl!" I said: At your service, O Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You are pregnant with a boy." I said: How can that be, when Quraysh have sworn oaths that no woman shall give birth? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is as I tell you; when you give birth to him, bring him to me." So when I gave birth to him, I brought him to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He named him Abdullah, gave him tahnik with his saliva, then said: "Take him away; you will surely find him clever." Then I went to Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him. He put on his clothes and came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); he was a handsome, tall man. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he stood up towards him, kissed him between his eyes, then seated him on his right and said: "This is my uncle; let whoever wishes take pride in his uncle." Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah, say less (that is, do not praise me so much). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why should I not say it, when you are my uncle and the remnant of my forefathers, and an uncle is like a father?"

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in Ta'if, and I attended his funeral. A white bird came, the like of which had never been seen before, until it entered his bier, and then it was not seen coming out of it. When he was buried, this verse was recited at the edge of the grave, and we could not tell who recited it: "O soul at rest! Return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing. So enter among My servants, and enter My Paradise" [Surah al-Fajr: 27-28].

(The narrator's father said:) I attended the funeral of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both); he died in Ta'if. When he was brought to the grave, a white bird called the ghurnuq came and entered inside the bier, and then it was not seen again.

(The narrator's father said:) When the funeral of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was carried past al-Hirah, which was one of their valleys, a white bird called the ghurnuq came and entered the bier, and it was not seen after that.