Mujahid from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Before the Hour there will be trials like pieces of the dark night; a man will be a believer in the morning and a disbeliever in the evening, and a believer in the evening and a disbeliever in the morning. Some people will sell their religion for a small amount of worldly goods."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Have cupping done on the fifteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth or twenty-first (of the month), lest the blood overwhelm you and kill you."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has three children born to him and does not name any one of them Muhammad has acted in ignorance."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those who do good in this world will be the people of good in the Hereafter as well."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The most beloved deed to Allah after the obligatory duties is bringing happiness to a Muslim."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "On the day of the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade (the meat of) the animal that feeds on filth, and plundering."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever fasts on the day of Arafah, it will be an expiation for him for two years."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever fasts two days in Muharram will receive thirty good deeds for each day."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not honour the elder, show mercy to the young, enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, is not one of us."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went out into the gardens of Madinah, and we passed by a garden. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! How beautiful this garden is! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Your garden in Paradise is more beautiful than it." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his hand to his head and beard, then wept until his (peace and blessings be upon him) weeping became loud. It was asked: What makes you weep? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Grudges in the hearts of some people, which they will not reveal to you until they have lost me."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have been given five things that were not given to any prophet before me: I have been sent to all people, the red and the black alike, whereas previously a prophet was sent only to his own people; I have been helped with awe, so that my enemy is struck with fear of me at a distance of a month's journey; I have been given the spoils of war; the whole earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me; and I have been given intercession, which I have deferred for my Ummah on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about the night of the Isra': "I saw Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and he resembled me. I saw Musa (peace be upon him), tall, with curly hair, as if he were one of the men of Shanu'ah. And I saw Isa (peace be upon him), of reddish complexion, of medium height, with straight hair, as if oil were dripping from his head."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): "You are to me in the position that Harun was to Musa (peace be upon them both)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said during the Farewell Hajj: "I will surely kill the Amalekites with a battalion." Jibril (peace be upon him) said: Or (else) Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) followed this reading of the verse: "Arrogant about it, conversing by night, talking obscenities" [Al-Mu'minun: 67], and said: "The polytheists used to lampoon (speak ill of) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in their poetry."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Talking is disliked on four occasions: on the day of Jumu'ah, on the day of Eid al-Fitr, on the day of Eid al-Adha, and in the prayer for rain (istisqa'), when the imam has ascended the pulpit and is delivering the sermon, until he comes down."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a Bedouin came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! How is ablution to be performed? So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called for water for ablution, washed his right hand three times, then put his hand into the vessel, then rinsed his mouth and sniffed water into his nose three times each, then wiped his head and the outer part of his ears along with his head, then washed his feet three times. Then he said: This is how ablution is; whoever does more than this has transgressed and done wrong.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) established brotherhood among his Companions, between the Muhajirun and the Ansar, and did not make Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) the brother of anyone, Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) went out angry until he reached a water channel in the ground, and lay down resting his head on his arm, and the wind blew dust onto him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) searched for him until he found him, then nudged him lightly with his (peace and blessings be upon him) foot and said: "Get up! No name suits you except 'Abu Turab' (the man of dust). Were you angry with me because I established brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar and did not make you the brother of any of them? Are you not pleased to be to me in the position that Harun was to Musa (peace be upon them both), except that there is no prophet after me? Behold! Whoever loves you will be surrounded by security and faith, and whoever hates you, Allah will cause him to die the death of Jahiliyyah, and he will be held to account for his deeds in Islam."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there is a tree" or (he said:) "There is no tree in Paradise" - the narrator Ali bin Jamil was in doubt - "but that there is no leaf on it except that written on it is: There is no god worthy of worship except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Umar al-Faruq, Uthman Dhu al-Nurayn."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) - probably as a saying of the Prophet: "When the sun sets, keep your children in, for it is the hour in which the devils spread out."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) - probably as a saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "There are two greedy people whose greed is never satisfied: the one greedy for knowledge, and the one greedy for the world."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed prostration in Surah Sad.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I presented the Qur'an to Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) from its beginning to its end, stopping at every verse and asking him about it, until I reached this verse: "Your wives are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish" [Al-Baqarah: 223]. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "This clan of Quraysh used to lay women down in Makkah and enjoy them from the front and from behind (that is, they adopted different positions in intercourse). When they came to Madinah and married among the Ansar and wanted to do the same with them, the Ansari women disliked it and said: This is something that was not done before. The matter spread until it reached the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse concerning it: 'Your wives are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish,' that is, from the front, and if you wish, (from behind) in a kneeling position." What is meant by this is the very place from which the child is born, that is, it is being said: Come to the tilth from wherever you wish (that is, there is choice in the manner of intercourse, not in the place).
Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that it is about her back passage; Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was mistaken in this - may Allah forgive him - whereas the matter was actually as (described above).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever gives the call to prayer (adhan) for seven years seeking reward, freedom from the Fire is written for him."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A single faqih (a scholar with deep understanding) is harder on Satan than a thousand worshippers."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of them (women) is the one whose dowry (mahr) is the easiest."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of them (women) is the one whose dowry (mahr) is the easiest."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever takes part in shedding unlawful blood with even half a word will come on the Day of Resurrection with written between his eyes: Despairing of the mercy of Allah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done while he was fasting and in the state of ihram."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Most of the punishment of the grave is due to urine, so guard yourselves against it."

With the same chain, it is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Muslims are partners in three things: fire, water and pasture, and taking a price for it is unlawful."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "A man with a wound was brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), asking his permission to lance it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave him permission."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take my advice to treat my uncle al-Abbas well, for he is the remnant of my forefathers, and a man's uncle is like (a branch from the same root as) his father."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for me and said: What an excellent interpreter you are! And Jibril (peace be upon him) also supplicated for me twice."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "When Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, Jibril (peace be upon him) came down and said: O Muhammad, the people of the heaven have rejoiced at Umar's acceptance of Islam."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) (probably as a marfu' narration, attributed to the Prophet): "Seek good and your needs from those with beautiful (handsome) faces."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man came and began announcing people's funerals, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O people, ask Allah for (the forgiveness of) your dead, and do not announce them to the people."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Abu Bakr and Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to lower the deceased into the grave from the direction of the qiblah."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Adorn your voices with the Qur'an."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), regarding the saying of Allah Almighty: "Allah is the Protector of those who believe; He brings them out of the darkness into the light" [Al-Baqarah: 257], said: "These are people who used to disbelieve in Isa (peace be upon him), then they believed in Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." And regarding "And those who disbelieve, their protectors are the taghut (false deities); they bring them out of the light into the darkness" [Al-Baqarah: 257], he said: "These are people who believed in Isa (peace be upon him), then when Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent, they disbelieved in him."