Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrating (during the prayer) on his garment."

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 cupping (hijamah) done while he was fasting and in the state of ihram, and he fainted. So on that day he (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade people to have cupping done while fasting, out of dislike that the fasting person might fall into weakness and frailty."

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: "Sharpness and quickness of temper are found among the best people of my Ummah."

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), on the day of Badr, gave two shares (of the spoils) for a horse and one share for a man."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sixty-five years old," while al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was sixty years old."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "Sayyiduna Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) and Adi bin Badda' used to travel back and forth to Makkah. (On one journey) a man of Banu Sahm, a branch of the tribe of Quraysh, accompanied them. Then he died in a land where there was no Muslim, and he entrusted his estate to the two of them by will. When the two of them came (back), they handed over the belongings to the heirs of the deceased, but they concealed a silver cup decorated with gold and said: 'We did not see that cup.' So the two of them were brought before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) made them swear by Allah that they had neither concealed anything nor had any knowledge of it, and then he (peace and blessings be upon him) let them go. Later the cup was found with some people of Makkah, who said: 'We bought it from Tamim al-Dari and Adi bin Badda'.' Then the heirs of that man of Sahm stood up and took the cup, and two men from among them (the heirs) swore by Allah: 'This cup certainly belongs to our companion, and our testimony is more deserving than the testimony of those two, and we have not transgressed; if we did, we would surely be among the wrongdoers.' And it was in the background of this incident that these two verses were revealed: 'O you who believe, the testimony between you, when death approaches one of you,' to the end of the verse."

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: "I have not been commanded to build mosques lofty and solid (without need)." And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "You will surely adorn your mosques with decorations just as the Jews and Christians adorned (their places of worship)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a woman of the tribe of Khath'am came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Prophet of Allah, I am a woman without a husband and I wish to marry. What is the right of the husband over his wife? If I am able to fulfil it, I will marry; otherwise I will remain without a husband." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The right of the husband over his wife is that when he calls her for his need, she does not refuse him, even if she is on the back of a camel. It is also the husband's right that the wife does not give anything from his house without his permission; if she does so, the sin is upon her and the reward is for the husband. And it is also the husband's right that the wife does not go out of the house without his permission; if she does so, the angels keep cursing her until she comes back or repents."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it was the practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that whenever a strong wind blew, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would face it, kneel down on his knees and make this supplication: 'Allahumma-j'alha riyahan wa la taj'alha rihan, Allahumma-j'alha rahmatan wa la taj'alha 'adhaban' (O Allah, make it winds (that bring the good news of merciful rain) and do not make it a (destructive) windstorm; O Allah, make it a mercy and do not make it a punishment).

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 takes an orphan of the Muslims to share his food and drink (that is, provides for him completely) until Allah Almighty makes him independent and self-sufficient, Allah Almighty has made Paradise definitely obligatory for him, provided that he does not commit a sin that is unforgivable. And whoever brings up three daughters, spends (his wealth) on them and treats them well, Paradise has also become obligatory for him." Upon this a Bedouin stood up and said: "(O Messenger of Allah,) is there the same reward for bringing up two daughters?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes! (The same reward for two as well.)" (The narrator said:) Even if he had asked about one daughter, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would surely have said "Yes." (He further said:) "And any servant whose two precious ones (karimatayhi) Allah Almighty takes away, his reward with Allah is nothing less than Paradise." It was asked: "What is meant by his two precious ones?" The answer was: "It means his two eyes." Whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated this hadith, he would say (in view of its importance): "By Allah, this is among the finest, choicest and most brilliant of hadiths."

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 Almighty has given everyone who has a right his right. Allah has laid down obligations, established Sunnahs, set limits, made the lawful clear and declared the unlawful forbidden; and He laid down the law of Islam and made it easy, lenient and broad, and did not make it narrow and difficult. O people, there is truly no faith for the one who has no trustworthiness, and no religion for the one who does not keep his covenant. Whoever breaks the covenant of Allah, Allah will call him to account; and whoever breaks my covenant, I will be his opponent in dispute, and whoever I take as my opponent, I will prevail over him; and whoever breaks my covenant and pledge will neither obtain my intercession nor come to me at the Pond (al-Kawthar). Beware! Allah Almighty has not permitted killing except in three cases: one who apostatises after having believed, one who commits adultery after being married, or one who has killed a person unjustly, so he is killed in retaliation for him. 'Allahumma hal ballaghtu?' (O Allah, have I conveyed (Your message)?)"

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 Umrah, and there was an agreement between him and the people of Makkah that he would not take any of its inhabitants out with him. So when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had completed his Umrah and was leaving Makkah, he passed by the daughter of Sayyiduna Hamzah bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him). She said: "O Messenger of Allah, with whom are you leaving me?" But he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not turn to her, because of the agreement that was between him and the people of Makkah. Then Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by her, and she said the same to him: "With whom are you leaving me?" But he too paid no attention to her. Then Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by her, and she implored him too, but he also did not turn to her. Then Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by her, and she said: "O Abu al-Hasan, with whom are you leaving me?" So Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took her with him and seated her on the mount behind Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her). When they all dismounted at the first halt, Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: "I am more entitled to this girl, because I am the freed slave (mawla) of the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I am more entitled to her." Sayyiduna Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I am more entitled to her, because her maternal aunt, Sayyidah Asma' bint Umays al-Khath'amiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), is with me (in marriage)." When their voices rose, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent for them, and when they came to him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ja'far, you resemble me in appearance and in character. O Ali, you are from me and you are my executor (wasi). O Zayd, you are my mawla and the mawla of them all. So hand the girl over to her maternal aunt, for the maternal aunt is the most entitled to her."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Out of ninety-nine women, only one will go to Paradise and all the rest will be in the Fire." This weighed very heavily on the Muhajirun who were present in the gathering of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said (to comfort them): "Indeed, when a Muslim woman becomes pregnant, she receives a reward equal to that of one who stands (in worship), fasts, enters ihram and strives in the path of Allah; until, when she gives birth, for the first time she suckles the child she is given a reward equal to giving life to a soul."

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) was in the house of one of his pure wives when he (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed head on the thigh of one of them and dozed off. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled in his sleep. When he woke up, one of the people of the house asked him (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, what made you smile?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was amazed at people of my Ummah who will ride upon this sea and, despite the terror of the enemy, will strive in the path of Allah." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned a virtue for them which the narrator (Muhammad bin Thabit) could not remember. A woman who was present there said: "O Messenger of Allah, pray to Allah to make me one of them." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for her. Later her husband took her with him on a military expedition, and while she was travelling on her mount along the seashore, she suddenly fell, her thigh bone broke, and she died.

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 you find to have committed an indecent act with an animal, kill him and kill the animal as well."

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 you find doing the act of the people of Lut (the indecent act), kill both the doer and the one to whom it is done."

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: "I have been commanded to prostrate on seven bones: on the forehead (and he (peace and blessings be upon him) pointed with his hand to his nose), on the two hands, the two knees and the two feet; and that I should not gather up (during the prayer) either my clothes or my hair."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he spent the night at the house of his maternal aunt, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up at night and prayed. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I stood on his left side, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) (took hold of me and) made me stand on his right side." He further said: "He (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed thirteen rak'ahs, and his standing (qiyam) in all of them was about equal (in length and manner)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "whenever he returned from a journey, would kiss his daughter, Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a gold ring on my hand, so he took hold of it and threw it away. And (Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)) said: "I did not ask for it, nor did he return it to me."

Abd al-Rahman bin Wa'lah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about selling wine to the dhimmis (non-Muslim subjects), and he said: In the year of the Conquest (of Makkah), a man of the tribe of Thaqif or Daws presented the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a large water-skin of wine as a gift, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had been on friendly terms with this man in the time of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has made it unlawful." The man leaned towards a slave of his who was with him and said (in a whisper): "Take it to Hazwarah, a village near Madinah, and sell it there." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What did you order him to do?" He said: "I ordered him to sell it." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O so-and-so, the One who has made drinking it unlawful has also made its price (that is, trading in it) unlawful." So the man gave the order, and the wine was poured out.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to make this supplication: 'Allahumma inni a'udhu bika min sharri ma taji'u bihi al-rihu wa min sharri ma taji'u bihi al-rusul' (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil that the wind brings and from the evil that the messengers (the angels of punishment) bring).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a rainy day protecting (his forehead) from the mud with a cloak of his when he prostrated."

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 cupping (hijamah) done while he was fasting and 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) was asked about one who shaved his head before slaughtering (his sacrificial animal), and about similar matters, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) would say: '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 to me: "Come here and pick up pebbles for me (for stoning the Jamarat)." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: So I picked up for him small pebbles, of the size used for flicking with the fingers. When I placed them in his blessed hand, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, they should be just like these. And beware of extremism (ghuluw, excessive strictness and going beyond the limits) in religion, for those before you were destroyed only because of extremism in religion."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "a man was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the state of ihram when his she-camel threw him down and broke his neck, and he died. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Wash him with water and lote-tree leaves, and shroud him in two garments only (his ihram sheets), for he will be raised on the Day of Resurrection with his hair matted (because 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) came to Makkah reciting the talbiyah for Hajj. He (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the tawaf of the House of Allah and the sa'i between Safa and Marwah, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not come out of ihram because he had the sacrificial animal (hady) with him. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered: 'Whoever does not have a sacrificial animal with him should perform the tawaf and the sa'i, and shorten or shave his hair, then come out of ihram.'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "during Umrah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would keep reciting the talbiyah until he (peace and blessings be upon him) touched the Black Stone."

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: "'Allahumma-ghfir lil-muhalliqin' (O Allah, forgive those who shave their heads)." A man said: "(O Messenger of Allah,) and those who shorten their hair as well (pray for them)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said (again): "'Allahumma-ghfir lil-muhalliqin' (O Allah, forgive those who shave their heads)." Then the third or fourth time he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "And those who shorten their hair as well (forgive them)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his blessed hand over my head and prayed for me to be given wisdom and understanding."

It is narrated from Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: "I saw a man at the Maqam Ibrahim who was saying the takbir (during the prayer) every time he went down and came up. So I met Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and mentioned to him that I had seen a man saying the takbir every time he went down and came up. He said (expressing surprise): 'Is that not the very prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? May Ikrimah's mother lose him!'"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the children of the polytheists, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah knows best what they would have done (had they lived)."

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 (that I may come out of ihram in case of an excuse or illness)?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, make the condition." She said: "How should I say it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, mahilli min al-ardi haythu tahbisuni' (Here I am, O Allah, here I am; my place of coming out of ihram is the very spot of the earth where You hold me back (by some obstacle))."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that "the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) proposed marriage to Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and she entrusted her affair to Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), so he married her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) affirmed as true two verses of the poetry of Umayyah bin Abi al-Salt. He (Umayyah) said (about the bearers of the Throne): "(Among them) is a man, and a bull beneath his right foot, while at the other (foot) is a vulture and a lion lying in wait." So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He spoke the truth." Then he said (about the sun): "And the sun rises at the end of every night, reddish, its light becoming rosy in the morning; it is reluctant (to rise), and it does not come out to us at its usual pace except while it is being reproached (by the angels) or being lashed." So the Prophet (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 Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person whose time of death has not yet come, and recites this supplication with him seven times: 'As'alu Allaha al-'azima, rabba al-'arshi al-'azimi an yashfiyak' (I ask Allah the Mighty, the Lord of the Mighty Throne, to cure you), he will be cured (of that illness)."

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 a written agreement drawn up between the Muhajirun and the Ansar: that they would not be negligent in paying blood money, that they would ransom their captives according to what is customary, and that they would maintain reconciliation and good relations among the people."

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) "would pray two rak'ahs and then use the tooth-stick (miswak)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "performed ablution. He (peace and blessings be upon him) took one handful of water and washed his blessed face with it; then he took one handful and washed his right hand; then he took one handful and washed his left hand; then he took one handful of water and wiped his blessed head and his two ears with it, wiping the inner part of the ears with his two index fingers and passing his two thumbs over the outer part of the ears; thus he (peace and blessings be upon him) wiped both the outer and the inner parts of the ears. Then he took one handful and washed his right foot, and then took one handful and washed his left foot."