Beginning of the Musnad of Ibn Abbas

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) came to Madinah, he saw the Jews fasting on the day of Ashura. He asked them: "What is this day on which you fast?" They replied: "This is a great day; it is the blessed day on which Allah Almighty saved the Children of Israel from their enemy, and for that reason Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) fasted on this day." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have a greater claim to Musa (peace be upon him) than you." So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) fasted on that day himself and also ordered that it be fasted.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "slaughtered (the sacrificial animal first) and then shaved his head."

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: "Avoid drinking from gourd vessels, green-glazed earthen jars and vessels coated with pitch, and drink from water-skins. Then if you fear its strength (turning intoxicating), dilute it with water."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I stood in prayer with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) on his left side, so he took me by the hand and made me stand on his right side."

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: "Any Muslim who has two daughters and treats them well for as long as they stay with him or he stays with them, they (the daughters) will surely admit him into Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led the people in the two rak'ahs of the Eid al-Fitr prayer without an adhan, and delivered the sermon after the prayer. Then he took Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) by the hand, went to the women and admonished them. Then, after he had returned from there, he ordered Sayyiduna Bilal (may Allah be pleased with him) to go to them and order them to give charity (so that they would spend in the way of Allah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): I heard the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "If the son of Adam had a whole valley full of wealth, he would love to have another one like it. Nothing fills the self of the son of Adam except dust, and Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "I do not know whether this is part of the Qur'an or not."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) performed Umrah from al-Ji'ranah. They did raml (walking briskly) in the (first) three circuits of the tawaf around the House, and walked normally in the remaining four."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The iqamah for the prayer had been called and I had not yet prayed the two (sunnah) rak'ahs (of Fajr). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me praying them, passed by me and said: 'Do you want to pray Fajr as four rak'ahs?'" Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked (by his student): Was it the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said this? He replied: "Yes."

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) "prayed in a cloak with whose extra parts (ends) he protected himself from the heat and the cold of the ground."

Sa'id bin Abi al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: I was with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) when a man came to him and said: I am a person whose livelihood comes from the work of my hands, and I make these pictures. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever makes a picture, Allah Almighty will keep punishing him on the Day of Resurrection until he breathes a soul into it, and he will never be able to breathe a soul into it." The narrator said: On hearing this the man became extremely distressed and his face turned pale with fear. So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said (on seeing his state): "Woe to you! If you insist on making pictures, then make pictures of these trees and of everything that has no 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) stood among the people to admonish them and said: "O people, you will be gathered before Allah barefoot, naked and uncircumcised." Then he recited this verse: "As We began the first creation, so shall We repeat it, a promise binding on Us; indeed, We will do it." He said: "And on the Day of Resurrection some men will be brought and taken towards the left (towards Hell), and I will say what the righteous servant of Allah (Sayyiduna Isa, peace be upon him) said: 'And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them, and You are Witness over all things. If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, then You are indeed the Almighty, the All-Wise.'" He said: "Then it will be said to me: 'Ever since you parted from them, these people kept turning back on their heels (from the religion).'" He further said: "The first of creation to be clothed will be Sayyiduna Ibrahim (peace 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) "permitted the muhrim (one in the state of ihram) to wear dyed cloth whose colour neither flakes off nor leaves its trace or mark (on the body)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Sayyiduna Ma'iz (may Allah be pleased with him): "Is what has reached me about you true?" He said: "What news has reached you about me?" He said: "It has reached me that you committed fornication with a slave girl of Banu so-and-so." He admitted it, saying: "Yes!" The narrator said: Then he testified (to his deed) four times, so he gave the order and he was stoned.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and began speaking in a very eloquent manner, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, some eloquence is (enchanting like) magic, and indeed some poetry is full of wisdom."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no reality to evil omens, to contagion (by itself), to the hamah (the superstition about the owl), or to the bad luck of the month of Safar." Then a man said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), we put a mangy goat among the flock and it makes them (the other healthy goats) mangy too. He asked: "Then who infected the first one?"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Abu Talib fell ill, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit him. At that time there was an empty place for a man to sit at his head, but Abu Jahl (quickly) went and sat there. Then the polytheists complained to Abu Talib about him, saying: He speaks ill of our gods. Abu Talib asked: "O my nephew, what do you want from them?" He said: "O uncle, I want from them only one word, because of which the Arabs will submit to them and the non-Arabs will pay them the jizyah." Abu Talib asked: "What is that word?" He said: "La ilaha illallah (there is no god but Allah)." At this the polytheists said: "Has he made all the gods into one God? Indeed, this is a very strange thing!"

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), during the illness in which he passed away, came out with a strip of cloth tied around his head, sat on the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah Almighty, and then said: "Indeed, there is no one among the people more generous to me with his life and wealth than Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Quhafah (may Allah be pleased with him). If I were to take anyone among the people as a khalil (an intimate friend), I would take Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him); but the bond and brotherhood of Islam is superior. Close every small door opening into the mosque except the door of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (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: "Whoever is asked about some knowledge and conceals it will come on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a bridle of fire; and whoever says something about the Qur'an without knowledge will also come on the Day of Resurrection bridled with a bridle of fire."

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: "In the last times there will be a people who will be called by the nickname al-Rafidah; they will abandon Islam and reject it. So kill them, for they are polytheists."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best number of companions is four, the best detachment is of four hundred soldiers, the best army is of four thousand, and a body of twelve thousand will never be defeated because of (merely) small numbers."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man set out from Khaybar, and two men followed him, and a third man followed the two of them, saying continuously: "Go back, go back," until he sent the two of them back. Then he caught up with the first man and said: "These two were devils, and I kept after them until I turned them back. When you come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), convey my greetings of salam to him and tell him that we are here busy collecting our charities, and if they were fit (to be sent), we would certainly have sent them to him." The narrator said: When the man reached Madinah, he informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of this, and on that occasion the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) "forbade solitude (staying alone or travelling alone)."

Hashim bin al-Harith narrated to us from Ubaydullah bin Amr (may Allah have mercy on him), with the same chain mentioned above, a narration similar to it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man set out from his home while wine was still lawful. He wanted to present a large water-skin of wine as a gift to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He brought it loaded on a camel, driving it, until he found the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) seated. He asked: "What is this you have with you?" He said: It is a large skin of wine which I have presented to you as a gift. He said: "Do you know that Allah Almighty has made it unlawful?" He said: No. He said: "Allah Almighty has indeed made it unlawful." The narrator said: The man turned to the one leading the camel and said something to him in his ear. He asked: "What did you say to him?" He said: I told him to sell this wine. He said: "Indeed, the One who made drinking it unlawful has also made selling it unlawful." The narrator said: Then the man ordered the lower spout of the water-skin to be opened. It was opened and the wine flowed out onto the ground. I saw it flowing in the plain of al-Batha', until nothing was left in the skin.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never fought any people until he had invited them (to Islam)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would glance to the right and to the left (from the corner of his eye) during his prayer, but he would not turn his neck."

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 dead goat which its owners had thrown away (as worthless), and he said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, the world is more insignificant and worthless in the sight of Allah Almighty than this (dead goat) is in the eyes of its owners."

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) entered the Ka'bah, and at that time there were six pillars in it. He stood by every pillar, but he did not pray there."

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: "If people were given (what they seek) merely on the basis of their claims, some people would lay claim even to the blood and the wealth of others; but (the rule of the Shari'ah is that) the oath is binding upon the one against whom the claim is made."

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 his pure wives off (towards Mina) on the night of Muzdalifah, ahead of the crowds and the throng of people."

It is narrated from Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) led the Maghrib prayer and gave the salam after only two rak'ahs; then he stood up to touch the corner (the Black Stone), and the people behind him said "Subhan Allah" to alert him, whereupon he turned back and performed the remaining one rak'ah. Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Then I came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and told him about this incident, and he said: "He did not deviate even slightly from the Sunnah of his Prophet (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) said: "A good, righteous dream is one of the seventy parts of prophethood."

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: "Circumambulating (tawaf) the House is just like prayer, except that you may talk during it; so whoever speaks during tawaf, let him speak only what is good." Jarir and other narrators did not narrate this report as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) (but rather made it a saying of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both)).

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 price of a dog is impure," and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If someone comes to you demanding the price of a dog, fill his palm with dust."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed in an open space while there was nothing in front of him (as a sutrah)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would keep (voluntary) fasts until we would say (among ourselves) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not leave off now, and when he left off fasting we would think that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would not fast (any more)." (Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated this hadith in answer to the question of Uthman bin Hakim (may Allah have mercy on him) about fasting in the month of Rajab.)

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: "In the last times there will be people who dye (their hair or beards) black like the crops of pigeons; they will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Abu Jahl said (out of arrogance and hostility): "If I see Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) praying at the Ka'bah, I will certainly go to him and trample on his neck (with my foot)." (At this) the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Had he done (dared to do) that, the angels would have seized him openly in front of everyone; and had the Jews (being truthful in their claim) wished for death, they would all have died and seen (at that very moment) their places in Hell; and had those who came out to make mubahalah (mutual imprecation) with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (gone through with it), they would have returned to find nothing left of their families or their 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) used to kiss the Yemeni Corner and place his blessed cheek on it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "Mankind was one community," that he said: "They were all upon Islam," while al-Kalbi (may Allah have mercy on him) said in its explanation: "That is, they were all upon disbelief."