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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), likewise, except that it has this addition: "And wisdom is Yemeni."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out on a military expedition, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) could not finish with them (the enemy) until the Asr prayer was delayed into the evening, beyond the time he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished with them, he saw that the time of the Asr prayer had reached the evening, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed. After finishing the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) invoked against his enemy, saying: "O Allah! Whoever kept us from the middle prayer, fill their houses with fire, fill their bellies with fire, and fill their graves with fire."

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was on one of his military expeditions, and a man said: O Messenger of Allah! What do you say about the children (of the enemy) who are absorbed in play? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent and gave him no answer, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) finished his expedition and moved on (with the army). Suddenly a child (was seen who) had fallen from a litter (a camel-saddle), and the caller called out: Where is the one who asked about the playing children? So the man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade killing their children and said: "Allah knows best what they would have done (had they grown up)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that when Surah al-Nasr was revealed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: "I have been informed of my death." She wept, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "Do not weep, for you will be the first of my family to join me." At this she laughed. One of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw her and said to her: I saw you weep and laugh! She said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "I have been informed of my death," so I wept. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not weep, for you will be the first of my family to join me," so I laughed.

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 his uncle Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "O uncle! Supplicate often for well-being ('afiyah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyidah Duba'ah bint al-Zubayr bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I intend to perform Hajj; may I make a condition? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes." She asked: How should I say it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Labbayka Allahumma labbayk' (Here I am, O Allah, here I am); my place of leaving ihram is wherever You hold me back."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed qunut for a month in all the prayers: in Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha.

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 tribe of) Aslam, Allah has granted it safety; and (the tribe of) Ghifar, Allah has forgiven it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in Makkah for seventeen nights, shortening the prayer.

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) passed by a cooking pot and took out a bone from it, ate from it, then prayed and did not perform ablution again.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, chose Ibrahim (peace be upon him) for khullah (intimate friendship), chose Musa (peace be upon him) for kalam (being spoken to), and chose Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for ru'yah (the vision)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had himself cupped while he was in the state of ihram, and he said: "Ihram is more severe than fasting."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a man who had placed his foot on the side of a goat while he was sharpening his knife, and the goat was watching him with its eyes. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Could you not have done this before? Do you want to make it die twice?"

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: "Whoever does not place his nose on the ground together with his forehead when he prostrates, his prayer is not valid."

Ikrimah said: I prayed with Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), and he would say the takbir when rising and also when going down (into prostration). I mentioned this to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he said: "May you have no mother! Is that not the Sunnah of Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)?"

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) married Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) while both of them were in the state of ihram.

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) slept until his snoring was heard, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed and did not perform ablution again.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning a man who has intercourse with his wife while she is menstruating: "He should give a dinar in charity, and if he cannot find it, then half a dinar."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was out of the state of ihram (halal).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever falsely claims to have seen a dream that he did not see will be ordered to tie a knot between two barley grains; whoever makes an image will be ordered to breathe a soul into it; and whoever listens to the talk of people while they are fleeing from him (to keep it hidden), molten lead will be poured into his ear."

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) did not prostrate in any surah of the Mufassal after he moved to Madinah.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A Bedouin man died who had no 'asabah (male agnatic heirs), but he had a slave whom he had freed. The matter was brought before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Was he not angered by what angered him and pleased by what pleased him?" The people said: Yes, indeed. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) made him the heir of his master's wealth.

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) cursed the one who brands (an animal) on the face.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said on the Day of the Conquest (of Makkah): "Indeed Allah, exalted be His remembrance, made Makkah sacred on the day He created the heavens and the earth, so it is sacred by the sanctity of Allah until the Day of Resurrection. Its game is not to be startled, its trees are not to be cut, its grass is not to be uprooted, and its lost property is not lawful except for one who announces it." At this, Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Except idhkhir (a fragrant grass), O Messenger of Allah, for it is indispensable for the blacksmiths and the houses. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent for a while, then said: "Except idhkhir; it is lawful."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) drew four lines on the ground, then said: "Do you know what these are?" The Companions said: Allah and His Messenger know best. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of the women of the people of Paradise are Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Fatimah bint Muhammad, Maryam bint Imran, and Asiyah bint Muzahim, the wife of Pharaoh."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: We were with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey when the time of sacrifice came, so we shared, seven people in a cow and ten in a camel.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade combining a woman in marriage with her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.

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) forbade combining a woman in marriage with the paternal aunt and the maternal aunt, and he said: "If you do that, you will sever your ties of kinship."

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: "A single day of a just ruler is better than sixty years of worship, and a hadd (prescribed punishment) established in the land with its due right is more purifying for it than forty years of rain."

Ikrimah said: I saw an old man praying in al-Masjid al-Haram. When he raised his head he said the takbir, when he lowered his head he said the takbir, and when he rose between the two takbirs he also said the takbir. I found this strange, so I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and told him, and he said: "May you have no mother! That is indeed the prayer of Abu al-Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him)."

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) had himself cupped and gave the cupper a dinar.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade selling fruit before it ripens, and likewise forbade selling wool on the back of an animal (not yet shorn) and milk in the udder (not yet milked).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Ma'iz bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Perhaps you only kissed, or touched, or squeezed?" He said: No. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did you do such and such?" (in plain words, without any euphemism). He said: Yes. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be stoned.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying when a goat came running in front of him, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) tried to block it until he pressed his stomach against the wall.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out during his illness with a band tied around his head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah, then said: "There is no one among the people who has done me greater favour with his life and his wealth than Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafah. If I were to take anyone from among the people as a khalil (intimate friend), I would have taken Abu Bakr, but the brotherhood of Islam is better." Then he said: "Let no door remain in the mosque except that it is closed, except the door of Abu Bakr."

Ikrimah said: Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to wear khazz (cloth of silk blended with other fibre). He was asked about it, and he said: "It is only the pure silk (musmat) that has been forbidden."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) as a marfu' report: "Whoever dies with disgraceful wind (gas) in his stomach, Allah will disgrace him before all the witnesses on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) as a marfu' report: "Except for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), there is no one whose words may not be partly taken and partly left."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The food of two people competing with each other (prepared for boasting and showing off) has been forbidden."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Avoid rhymed, artificial (poetic) style in supplication, for I did not see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions doing that."