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

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) offered the prayer of both Eids before the sermon.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) came from Yemen and met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) at al-Juhfah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ali, with what did you enter ihram?" He replied: "O Messenger of Allah, with the same as that with which you entered ihram." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) made him a partner in his sacrificial animals.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man called Ibn al-Utbiyyah to collect zakah. He collected the zakah, then returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I neither exceeded the limits nor left any due uncollected, and I was given a gift, so I accepted the gift." At this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat on the pulpit and said: "I send some men to collect zakah, and then one of them comes and says: 'By Allah, I neither exceeded the limits nor left any of their dues, and I was given a gift, so I accepted it.' Could he not have sat in some hut and waited to see whether he would be given a gift or not? Beware! Let none of you come carrying on his neck a camel that is grunting, or a cow that is lowing, or a goat that is bleating." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) raised both his hands so high that the whiteness of his armpits could be seen, and then said: "O Allah, have I conveyed (the message)?"
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seated al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) behind him on his mount, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) continued reciting the talbiyah until he (peace and blessings be upon him) stoned the Jamrah.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Quraysh asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission regarding the 'atirah (the sacrifice of Rajab), saying: "O Messenger of Allah, we used to offer the 'atirah in Rajab." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them: "An 'atirah like the 'atirah of the Days of Ignorance? Rather, whoever among you wishes to slaughter for Allah, eat (from it) and give in charity, let him do so." Their 'atirah was that they would slaughter, then go to the blood of their slaughtered animals and smear it on the heads of their idols.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that during the days of Mina the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent out a crier who was calling out: "Do not fast on these days, for they are days of eating, drinking and bi'al." And al-bi'al means intimacy with women.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The south wind has never stirred a downpour of rain over a valley without making it flow."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to wear his ring on his right hand.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Circumcision is a sunnah for men and an honour for women."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed the truth of two couplets from the poetry of Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt. His verse was: — [the Tawil metre] — A man and a bull are beneath his right foot — and beneath the other is an eagle, and a lion lying in wait. — So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." And also this verse of his: — And the sun rises at the end of every night — red, its colour glowing in the morning. — It refuses to rise for us at its ease — except being punished and being lashed. — So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had cupping done while he was fasting.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) led the people in prayer while in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah). Then, when they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), the people mentioned this to him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) called him and asked him about it, and he said: "O Messenger of Allah, I feared that the cold would kill me, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has said: 'And do not kill yourselves; indeed, Allah is ever Merciful to you' [Surah al-Nisa: 29]." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent about him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whenever a man said to a man from among the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Jew!", the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would have him flogged twenty lashes.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no room in Islam for sarurah (that is, complete abstention from marriage or from Hajj)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Al-balagh (the means of reaching) refers to provisions for the journey and a mount."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had not given any definitive ruling regarding (the punishment for) wine. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man drank an intoxicant and was found (in a drunken state) in an open plain, so a man set off taking him to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he passed in front of the house of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), the (drunk) man broke loose and entered the house of Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and he held on to him. This was mentioned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed and said: "Did he do that?" And he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not ask anything further about him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says: When Abdullah bin Ubayy fell into the illness in which he died, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him and the two had some conversation. Abdullah said: "I have understood what you are saying. Do me a favour: shroud me in your shirt and pray (the funeral prayer) over me." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded him in that very shirt of his and prayed over him. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Allah knows best what kind of prayer it was, and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) never deceived any human being.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I pronounced zihar on my wife, and then I was intimate with her before offering the expiation." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What led you to do that?" He said: "I saw her shin in the moonlight, so I went to her." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep away from her until you have offered the expiation."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who had pronounced zihar on his wife and then had intercourse with her. He said: "O Messenger of Allah, I pronounced zihar on my wife, and then I had intercourse with her before offering the expiation." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah have mercy on you, what led you to do that?" He said: "I saw her anklet in the light of the moon." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then do not go near her until you have done what Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has commanded you."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My mother has died and she had not performed Hajj, nor did she leave a bequest for it. Shall I perform Hajj on her behalf?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tell me, if your mother had owed a debt and you had paid it off (would that not have sufficed)?"

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: One night Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) was lying beside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) when she suddenly got up as though trying to slip away unnoticed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is the matter? Has your period begun?" She said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no harm. Perform your ablution and come back to your place."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let the best among you give the call to prayer (adhan) for you, and let your reciters (of the Qur'an) lead you in prayer."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) used to take the ritual bath (ghusl) from a single vessel, each trying to get to the water ahead of the other.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No disease is contagious by itself." A Bedouin said: "O Messenger of Allah, we take a mangy goat and put it in among the flock, and they all become mangy." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Bedouin, who gave the mange to the first one?"

Ikrimah narrates: In Zuhr and Asr there is no recitation except Surah al-Fatihah. At this, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded us (to recite), and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had conveyed the messages revealed to him from his Lord."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman used to pick up the litter from the mosque. She died, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was not informed of her burial. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When anyone among you dies, inform me." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) led her funeral prayer and said: "I saw her in Paradise, because she used to pick up the litter from the mosque."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a father looks at his child with delight, it is for the child equivalent to freeing a slave." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, and if he looks three hundred and sixty times?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah is greater (in giving reward) than that."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The umm walad (a slave woman who has borne her master's child) is free, even if the child was miscarried."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has favoured Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) over the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth." A man said to him: "O Abu Abbas, what is his superiority over the inhabitants of the heavens?" He said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says to the inhabitants of the heavens: 'And whoever of them says, "I am a god besides Him," that one We will recompense with Hell; thus do We recompense the wrongdoers' [Surah al-Anbiya: 29], whereas Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): 'Indeed, We have granted you a clear victory, that Allah may forgive you your past and future shortcomings' [Surah al-Fath: 2], the whole verse." Then it was said to him: "O Abu Abbas, what is his superiority over the prophets?" He said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'And We did not send any messenger except in the language of his people' [Surah Ibrahim: 4], whereas Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): 'And We have not sent you except to all mankind as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner' [Surah Saba: 28]. So Allah sent him to both jinn and mankind."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I did not hear the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite in Zuhr and Asr, nor did he (peace and blessings be upon him) command us (to do so), although he (peace and blessings be upon him) had conveyed (his message).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: On the day the sun was eclipsed I was beside the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I did not hear any recitation from him.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: There was a solar eclipse in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) stood for a long time (in prayer), then remained in bowing for a long time, then stood for a long time, then remained in bowing for a long time, then prostrated, then repeated the same (in the second rak'ah).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When this verse was revealed: "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned" [Surah al-An'am: 121], Persia sent a message to Quraysh: Dispute with Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and say to him: What you slaughter with your own hand with a knife is lawful, yet what Allah has slaughtered with a sword of gold (that is, what dies by itself) is unlawful? Thereupon this verse was revealed: "And indeed the devils inspire their allies to dispute with you" [Surah al-An'am: 121]. He said: "The devils are (the people) of Persia, and their allies are from Quraysh."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: Whoever knows that I have the power to forgive sins, I will forgive him, and I do not mind, so long as he does not associate anything with Me."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I wish that it were in the heart of every person of my Ummah." Meaning Surah Tabarak alladhi biyadihil-mulk.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever's religion turns against the religion of the Muslims, strike his neck." And he said: "When he bears witness that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah, then there is no way against him, unless he commits something for which the prescribed punishment (hadd) is established upon him."

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: One of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away. Ishaq said: I think he named her as Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her). She passed away in Madinah, so I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and informed him, and he prostrated. I said to him: You are prostrating while the sun has not yet even risen? Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: May you lose your mother! Do you not know that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you see a sign, prostrate." And what sign could be greater than the Mothers of the Believers departing from this world from among us while we are alive?

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Indeed Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) saw his Lord." Ikrimah said: O Abu Abbas! Does Allah not say: "Vision does not perceive Him, but He perceives all vision" [Surah al-An'am: 103]? Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: May you lose your mother! That is only when He manifests Himself in such a state that no sight can bear it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A short spear ('anazah) was planted in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed towards it, while mounts were passing behind it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection every tie and lineage will be cut off, except my tie and my lineage."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): "O my uncle! Shall I not teach you? Shall I not give you a gift? Shall I not inform you? Shall I not tell you ten qualities which, if you do them, Allah will forgive all your sins: the first and the last, the old and the new, the hidden and the open, the small and the great, those done by mistake and those done deliberately? (It is this:) You pray four rak'ahs, and in each rak'ah recite Surah al-Fatihah along with a surah. When you finish the recitation in the first rak'ah, say fifteen times while standing: 'Subhan Allah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar' (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greatest). Then bow and say it ten times while bowing. Then raise your head and say it ten times while standing. Then prostrate and say it ten times in prostration. Then raise your head and say it ten times while sitting. Then prostrate and say it ten times. Then raise your head and say it ten times. That makes seventy-five (in all). Repeat this in four rak'ahs. Then even if your sins were like the foam of the sea or the sand of 'Alij, Allah would forgive them for you."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The adulterer, when he commits adultery, is not a believer; the thief, when he steals, is not a believer; and the plunderer, when he plunders, is not a believer."