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) said: "This and this are equal." That is, the thumb and the little finger: the blood money (diyah) for both is equal.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The husband of Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a slave.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The husband of Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a black slave called Mughith. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I used to see him in the streets of Madinah wiping his eyes (as he wept). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) gave four rulings concerning her: her masters had stipulated the wala' (right of inheritance through emancipation) for themselves, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled: "The wala' belongs only to the one who sets free." He gave her the choice, and she chose herself; he ordered her to observe the waiting period (iddah); and charity had been given to her, and she gifted some of it to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is charity for her and a gift for us."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made seven circuits, and he made the circuits at a running pace (briskly), because he wanted to show the people his strength.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said that his sister had vowed to walk to the House of Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah has no need of your sister's vow; let her ride, and let her sacrifice a camel."

A similar report is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): the sister of Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) vowed to walk, and the narrator related from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) the like of the previous hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said about this verse: "Mankind was one community" [Surah al-Baqarah: 213]. He said: "That is, upon Islam."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes an image will be required on the Day of Resurrection to breathe a soul into it. Whoever listens to the talk of people while they dislike it, molten lead will be poured into his ears. And whoever falsely relates a dream will be required to tie together two grains of barley."

Ikrimah said: I said to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): I saw a foolish old man at al-Abtah who was saying the takbir when going into prostration and when raising his head. He said: "Is that not the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? May you lose your mother!"

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Maymunah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her) while he was in the state of ihram, and he consummated the marriage with her on the way back at a place called Sarif.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Jamilah bint Salul (may Allah be pleased with her) came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! I do not find fault with Thabit bin Qays (may Allah be pleased with him) in his character or his religion, but I cannot bear him, and I fear ingratitude while in Islam. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Will you return his garden to him?" She said: Yes. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to take from her only what he had given her, and not to take more than that.

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: "Whoever changes his religion, kill him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Prophet of Allah! My father is very old and ill, and standing (in night prayer) is hard for me, so tell me of a night in which perhaps Allah will grant me to find the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hold fast to the seventh."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade the tribe of Abd al-Qays from muzza' (an intoxicating drink). The narrator said: And I think it was made from unripe dates (busr).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the aqiqah on behalf of Hasan and Husayn (may Allah be pleased with them both).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Qur'an was sent down on the Night of Decree in Ramadan to the lowest heaven all at once, then it was sent down little by little."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made two rak'ahs obligatory while travelling, just as he made four obligatory while resident."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: When this verse was revealed: "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner" [Surah al-Ahzab: 45], the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called Sayyiduna Ali and Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with them both), whom he had ordered to go to Yemen, and said: "Go, and give glad tidings and do not drive people away; make things easy and do not make them difficult, for this verse has been revealed to me: O Prophet, indeed We have made you a witness, that is, over your Ummah; and a bearer of glad tidings, that is, of Paradise; and a warner, that is, of the Fire; and one who invites, that is, to the testimony that there is no true god except Allah; and a shining lamp, that is, through the Qur'an."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with his face streaming with blood. He said: O Messenger of Allah! I followed a woman, and a man met me and did to me what you see. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, when Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, intends good for a servant, He hastens the punishment of his sin in this world; and when He intends evil for a servant, He holds back his sin against him until he comes before Him on the Day of Resurrection as though he were a laden caravan."

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: "I saw the Dajjal: moon-white, huge and bulky; as though the hair of his head were the branches of a tree; one-eyed, as though his eye were the morning star. I liken him to Abd al-Uzza, a man of Khuza'ah."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Learn the two radiant ones, al-Baqarah and Al Imran, for they will come on the Day of Resurrection as though they were two clouds, or two canopies, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading on behalf of their companion. Learn Surah al-Baqarah, for taking it up is a blessing and abandoning it is a cause of regret, and the sorcerers cannot overcome it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the images inside the House, that is, the Ka'bah, he did not enter until he had ordered that they be effaced. He saw (images of) Sayyiduna Ibrahim and Isma'il (peace be upon them both) with divining arrows (azlam) depicted in their hands, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah destroy them! By Allah, those two never sought divination with the azlam."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), (the narrator said:) to my knowledge he narrated this hadith only as the Prophet's own words (marfu'), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to order the killing of snakes, and he said: "Whoever leaves them out of fear or dread of revenge is not one of us." And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Snakes are a transformed form of the jinn, just as some of the Children of Israel were transformed into apes."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the men who adopt the ways of women and the women who adopt the ways of men.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the men who adopt the ways of women and the women who adopt the ways of men.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I attended the Eid with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He delivered the sermon, then thought that the women had not heard him, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) went to them, admonished them and said: "Give charity." So the women began throwing in rings, earrings, ear-hoops and other things. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him), and he gathered it in his garment until he took it away.

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: "Whoever changes his religion" or he said: "turns back from his religion" "kill him." And he said: "Do not punish with the punishment of Allah," that is, with fire.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) related that the husband of Barirah (may Allah be pleased with her) was a slave of such-and-such a family of the Ansar, called Mughith. By Allah! It is as though I am looking at him now, following her through the streets of Madinah, weeping.

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 evil example is not for us: the one who takes back his gift is like the dog that returns to its vomit."

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 one who takes back his gift is like the dog that returns to its vomit; the evil example is not for us."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "This verse is not abrogated. He used to recite it as yutawwaqunahu (those for whom it is made a heavy burden). It concerns the very old man who is obliged to fast but is not able to, so he does not fast and gives the fidyah (compensation)."

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 makes an image will be required on the Day of Resurrection to breathe a soul into it, and he will never be able to breathe it in, and he will be punished for it. Whoever listens to the talk of people who dislike it, molten lead will be poured into his ears. And whoever lies about his dream will be required to tie a grain of barley" or he said: "to tie a knot between two grains of barley" "and he will be punished for it, while he will never be able to do it."

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) performed the aqiqah for Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) with one ram and for Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) with one ram.

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: "When a mukatab (a slave who has made a contract to buy his freedom) dies and leaves an inheritance, or commits a crime for which a hadd punishment is due, he inherits in proportion to the part of him that has been freed, and the hadd is carried out on him in proportion to the part of him that has been freed."

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 Decree: "Seek it on the ninth remaining night, on the seventh remaining night, and on the fifth remaining night."

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 while he was in the state of ihram.

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

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: "Do not boast about your forefathers who passed away in the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance). By the One in whose hand is my soul! The lump of dung which the dung beetle rolls with its nose is better than them."

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: "Do not boast about your forefathers who died in the Jahiliyyah. By the One in whose hand is my soul! What the dung beetle rolls with its nose is better than your forefathers who died in the Jahiliyyah."

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, and consummated the marriage with her at Sarif after he had come out of ihram.