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

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Cupping is beneficial for toothache and drowsiness."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fasting while travelling is not part of righteousness."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A menstruating woman was given permission, if her menses began, to depart (without the farewell tawaf).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever provides iftar to a fasting person will receive a reward equal to his."

Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came to him and said: O Abu Abbas! What do you say about me? He said: What could I say about you? He said: I am one who works with the pen (a government scribe). He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the Day of Resurrection the man of the pen will be brought in a coffin of fire, locked with locks of fire. He will look at his pen to see in what he used it: if he used it in obedience to Allah and His pleasure, the coffin will be opened from him; and if he used it in disobedience to Allah, the coffin will plunge with him for seventy years, even the one who sharpens the pen and the one who mixes the ink in the inkpot (falls under the same ruling)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A woman whose husband has died has been forbidden perfume and adornment.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beware of leaving gaps between the rows in prayer."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Beware of leaving gaps in prayer." The narrator did not attribute it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (as marfu').

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that one day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "My intercession is for those of my Ummah who commit major sins."
Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The one who is foremost in good deeds will enter Paradise without reckoning, the moderate one will enter Paradise by the mercy of Allah, and the one who wronged himself and the people of al-A'raf will enter Paradise through the intercession of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord, the Exalted, twice.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and complained to him that she had been married off despite her dislike. So she was separated from her husband. She had been previously married (thayyib). After that she married Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When the men and women of my Ummah begin wearing decorated leather socks and patching their sandals, Allah will turn away from them."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade offering the sacrifice at night.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever populates the left side of the mosque because few people are there will have a double reward."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The people of good deeds in this world will be the people of good in the Hereafter, and the people of evil in this world will be the people of evil in the Hereafter."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no one who has done me a greater favour than Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); he supported me with his own self and his wealth, and he gave me his daughter in marriage."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not enter the bathhouse without a waist-wrap; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not drink wine; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not sit at a table on which wine is being drunk; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not be alone with a woman between whom and him there is no mahram relationship."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that black people were mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave me out of the matter of the black people; the black man is only a slave to his belly and his private parts."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the day of Hunayn the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) distributed two shares each for eighty horses.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever drinks even a single sip of wine, Allah will not accept from him any obligatory or voluntary worship for three days; whoever drinks a cupful, Allah will not accept anything from him for forty mornings; and as for the one addicted to wine, it is a right upon Allah that He give him to drink from the river of Khabal." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the river of Khabal?" He said: "The pus and blood of the people of Hell."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to apply dye, he would take some oil and saffron and rub it between his hands, then rub it onto his beard.

Ayyub bin Sulayman al-Hawzi said: I asked Ata' bin Abi Rabah about a man who mentions a woman and says: "On the day I marry her, she is irrevocably divorced." Ata' (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "There is no divorce for one who does not own the marriage contract, and there is no manumission for one who does not own the slave." He narrated this from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and traced it back to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever comes to the Friday prayer should take a ritual bath (ghusl)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in explaining the saying of Allah Almighty "marked" [Surah Al Imran: 125], said: "That is, bearing distinguishing marks. On the day of Badr the mark of the angels was black turbans, and on the day of Uhud it was red turbans."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no spot on which Allah is remembered through prayer except that it boasts over the spots around it and rejoices at the remembrance of Allah, and this joy of it reaches as far as the seven earths."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Even the best people of my Ummah are sometimes overtaken by sharpness of temper."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man had smallpox, then he became ritually impure (junub); he took a ritual bath, was struck by the cold, and died. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was informed of this, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "They killed him, may Allah destroy them! Is not the cure for ignorance to ask? Why did they not have him perform dry ablution (tayammum)?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), in explaining the saying of Allah Almighty: "And to Him submit whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly and unwillingly" [Surah Al Imran: 83], said: "Those in the heavens are the angels; those on the earth are those who were born upon Islam; and 'unwillingly' refers to those who were brought from among the captives of the nations in chains and iron collars; they are led towards Paradise despite their unwillingness."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) crossed the valleys and brought the sacrificial animal (hady) with him, so it was not (permissible) for him to perform the circumambulation of the House of Allah and the sa'y between Safa and Marwah (in order to come out of ihram). But as for you, O people of Makkah, delay your circumambulation until you return.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty sends down one hundred and twenty mercies every day and night; upon this House, sixty mercies descend for those circumambulating it, forty for those praying, and twenty for those looking at it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Allah has an angel such that if he were told: 'Swallow the seven heavens and the earths in a single mouthful,' he would do it. His glorification is: 'Glory be to You, wherever You are.'"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to teach us the istikharah just as he would teach us a surah of the Qur'an: "O Allah, I seek good from You through Your knowledge, and I ask You for power through Your power, for You have power and I have none, You know and I do not know, and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, whatever decree You have made concerning me, make its outcome good."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The angels do not enter a house in which there is a statue. Those who make images will be punished in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection; the Most Merciful will say to them: 'Rise up to what you made.' They will remain in punishment until the image speaks, yet it will never speak."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The safeguard of the people of the earth from drowning is the bow (the rainbow), and the safeguard of the people of the earth from mutual discord is allegiance to Quraysh, the household of Allah; whichever tribe of the Arabs opposes it will become the party of Iblis."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a message to Wahshi, the killer of Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him), inviting him to Islam. He sent back the reply: "O Muhammad, how can you invite me to your religion when you claim that whoever kills, or associates partners with Allah, or commits adultery will meet the penalty of sin, the punishment will be doubled for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will abide therein forever in disgrace, and I have done all of that? Do you find any concession for me?" Upon this Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "Except for one who repents, believes and does righteous deeds; for such people Allah will replace their evil deeds with good deeds, and Allah is Most Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah Al-Furqan: 70] Wahshi said: "O Muhammad, this is a very hard condition, 'except for one who repents, believes and does righteous deeds'; perhaps I will not be able to fulfil it." Upon this Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "Indeed, Allah does not forgive that partners be associated with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whomever He wills." [Surah Al-Nisa: 48] Wahshi said: "O Muhammad, I see that this (forgiveness) depends on His will, so I do not know whether I will be forgiven or not. Is there anything other than this?" Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah; indeed, Allah forgives all sins; He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful." [Surah Al-Zumar: 53] Wahshi said: "This is enough." So he came and accepted Islam. The people said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if we commit the same sins that Wahshi committed?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This verse is for all the Muslims in general."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person wades into mercy, and when he sits with him, mercy covers him. If he visits him at the beginning of the day, seventy thousand angels seek forgiveness for him until evening, and if he visits him at the end of the day, seventy thousand angels seek forgiveness for him until morning." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, this is for the one who visits; what is there for the sick person?" He said: "Many times more than this."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take the black people to yourselves, for three of them are among the chiefs of the people of Paradise: Luqman the Wise, the Negus (al-Najashi), and Bilal the mu'adhdhin." Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By this he meant the Abyssinians.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever comes with the intention of Hajj and performs the circumambulation of the House of Allah and the sa'y between Safa and Marwah, his Hajj has ended and it has become an Umrah, and this is the Sunnah of Allah and of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).

Ata' bin Abi Rabah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I prayed the Maghrib prayer behind Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both). He gave the salam after two rak'ahs, then stood up to touch the Black Stone, so the people said "Subhan Allah". He came back, completed the rest of the prayer, and performed the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sajdat al-sahw). I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: "How excellent his father is (meaning: how well he did)! He did not deviate in the slightest from the Sunnah of his Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "We, the community of Prophets, have been commanded to hasten our breaking of the fast, to delay our pre-dawn meal (suhur), and to place our right hands upon our left hands in prayer."