Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with 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) said: "There is no marriage without a guardian (wali)."

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 said: I have committed adultery. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked his people: "Is he insane?" They said: There is nothing wrong with him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did you do it with her?" He said: Yes. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered that he be stoned, and he was taken away (and stoned), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not lead his funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Snakes are the transformed form of the jinn, just as apes and swine were the transformed forms of (some of) the Children of Israel."

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 to Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her): "Make the condition: My place of leaving ihram is wherever You detain me."

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 imagines during his prayer that his ablution has been broken should not leave his prayer until he hears a sound or perceives a smell."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, my sister has vowed to perform Hajj on foot. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her ride, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has no need of her walking."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying when Abu Jahl came and forbade him from praying, so Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "Then let him call his associates; We will call the angels of punishment." [Surah al-Alaq: 17-18] Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Had he done so, the angels of punishment would have seized 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) went to visit a Bedouin who was sick. The narrator said: Whenever he (peace and blessings be upon him) visited a sick person, he would say: "No harm; if Allah wills, it (this illness) is a purification (from sins)." The man said: You say purification? No, rather it is a fever boiling within an old man, which will make him visit the graves. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then so it shall be."

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 Badr: "This is Jibril (peace be upon him), holding the reins of a horse with him, upon which is the equipment of war."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived from Makkah, the young boys of Banu Abd al-Muttalib came out to welcome him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) seated one in front of him and another behind him (on his mount).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had himself cupped and gave the cupper his wage, and had he (peace and blessings be upon him) considered it impure, he would not have given it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed tawaf riding on a camel, and whenever he reached the Corner (the Black Stone), he pointed towards it.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Seven (women) have been made unlawful by lineage and seven by marriage ties." And he recited the verse in Surah al-Nisa in which they are mentioned.

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: "Indeed Allah made Makkah sacred, so it was not made lawful for anyone before me, nor will it be lawful for anyone after me; it was made lawful for me only for an hour of a day. Its grass is not to be uprooted, its trees are not to be cut, its game is not to be startled, and its lost property is not to be picked up except by one who announces it." Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah, except idhkhir, for it is of use to our goldsmiths. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Except idhkhir."

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: "Islam is ten shares, and whoever has no share has failed: the first is the testimony that there is no true god but Allah, and it is the religion (millah); the second is prayer, and it is the natural disposition (fitrah); the third is zakah, and it is purification; the fourth is fasting, and it is a shield; the fifth is Hajj, and it is the law (shari'ah); the sixth is jihad, and it is the striving on the battlefield; the seventh is enjoining good, and it is fidelity; the eighth is forbidding evil, and it is the proof; the ninth is the community (jama'ah), and it is mutual affection; and the tenth is obedience, and it is protection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "An evil example does not befit us: the one who takes back his gift is like the one who returns to his vomit."

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 listens to the talk of people while they dislike it, molten lead will be poured into both his ears; whoever fabricates a dream will be made to tie a knot in a barley grain, and he will be punished though he will never be able to do it; and whoever makes an image will be punished until he breathes a soul into it, though he will never be able to breathe a soul into it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) hugged me to himself and said: "O Allah, teach him wisdom."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the husband of Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a slave called Mughith. It is as if I am looking at him now, following her about weeping, his tears flowing down onto his beard. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Abbas, are you not amazed at the intensity of Mughith's love for Barirah, and the intensity of Barirah's dislike for Mughith?" Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Barirah: "It would be better if you went back to him; he is the father of your children." She said: O Messenger of Allah, are you commanding me? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am only interceding." She said: Then I have no need of 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) came to the Siqayah (the place where the pilgrims are given water to drink) and asked for water. Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him): "Go to your mother and bring a drink from her house for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give me to drink from here." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! People put their hands in it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Give me to drink." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) drank from it. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to Zamzam, where the people were drawing water and working, and he said: "Keep working, for you are engaged in a righteous deed." Then he said: "Were it not for the fear that you would be overwhelmed by the crowd, I would come down myself and place this on my shoulder," meaning that he pointed towards his shoulder.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said aloud, we also said aloud, and in whatever he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept silent, we also kept silent."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for Hunayn in Ramadan, and the people differed: some were fasting and some were not fasting. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) sat upright on his mount, he called for a vessel of milk or water and drank it. The narrator said: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed it on his mount. Then the people saw (him), and those who were not fasting said to those who were fasting: "Break your fast."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) wished to go in to Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) (for the consummation of the marriage), the people said: "Bring something." He said: "I do not have anything." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Where is your Hutamiyyah coat of mail?"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about on the Day of Sacrifice, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said only: "There is no harm, there is no harm."

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: "Breastfeeding makes unlawful the same that lineage makes unlawful."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The wife of Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "By Allah! I do not find fault with him in his character or his religion, but I dislike kufr (ingratitude) after Islam." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will you return his garden to him?" She said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Thabit! Accept the garden, and give her one divorce."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "If game stayed away from its hunter for a whole night, eating it was regarded as disliked."

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 was in the state of ihram.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both).

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 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) said: "No one among the people has done me a greater favour, with the blessing of his family and his wealth, than Abu Bakr. Were I to take a khalil (intimate friend), I would have taken him, but (what remains) is the brotherhood of Islam, or of faith."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) proposed marriage to the daughter of Abu Jahl, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you wish to marry her, then return our daughter to us."

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 on the day of Badr, while in his tent: "O Allah, I ask You for Your covenant and Your promise. O Allah, if You will, You will not be worshipped after today." Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took hold of his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand and said: "Enough, O Messenger of Allah! You have pleaded with your Lord insistently." He (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a coat of mail, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) went out saying: "The assembly will soon be defeated and will turn their backs in flight. Rather, the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more grievous and more bitter."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the jallalah (animals that eat filth) and the mujaththamah (animals tied up and used as targets), and drinking from the mouth of the waterskin.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade drinking from the mouth of the waterskin, and breathing into the vessel.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Were it not that dogs are a nation among the nations, I would have ordered that every pure black dog be killed. So kill that (marked) dog among the dogs, for it is the accursed one among the jinn."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not meet the enemy at the beginning of the day, he would delay it until the wind began to blow, and that would be near the times of the prayers. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: "O Allah, by Your help I attack, and by Your help I move about, and there is no might and no power except by Allah."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! When I eat meat, my desire for women is aroused and lust overcomes me, so I have made meat unlawful for myself." Thereupon Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, revealed this verse: "O you who believe! Do not make unlawful the good things that Allah has made lawful for you, and do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not love the transgressors. And eat of what Allah has provided you, lawful and good." [Surah al-Ma'idah: 88]

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) prohibited the naqir, the muzaffat, the dubba', the jarr and the hantam (types of vessels used in making intoxicating drinks).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was travelling with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on a camel which he had branded on its face with fire. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abbas! What is this brand?" He said: "It is a brand that we used to apply in the Jahiliyyah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not brand by burning."