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Hadith 3362

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : كَانَ عُمَرُ يَسْأَلُنِي مَعَ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ : أَتَسْأَلُهُ وَلَنَا بَنُونَ مِثْلُهُ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : " إِنَّهُ مِنْ حَيْثُ تَعْلَمُ ، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ : إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ سورة النصر آية 1 ، فَقُلْتُ : إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَجَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْلَمَهُ إِيَّاهُ وَقَرَأَ السُّورَةَ إِلَى آخِرِهَا ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ : وَاللَّهِ مَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا مَا تَعْلَمُ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بِشْرٍ، بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَالَ : فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ : أَتَسْأَلُهُ وَلَنَا أَبْنَاءٌ مِثْلُهُ ، هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
´Ibn Abbas said:` “Umar used to ask me questions in front of the Companions of the Prophet. So Abdur-Rahman bin Awf said to him: ‘Why do you ask him, while we have children like him?’” He said: “Umar said to him: ‘It is because of what you know (about him).’ So he asked him about this Ayah: ‘When there comes the help of Allah and the Conquest.’ I said: “It is only regarding the (end of the) life span of the Messenger of Allah, informing him of it.” Then he recited the Surat until its end. So Umar said to him: “By Allah! I know not about it, but what you know.”
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3362
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح
Hadith Takhrij «صحیح البخاری/المناقب 25 (3627) ، والمغازي 51 (4294) ، و 83 (4430) ، وتفسیر سورة النصر 1 (4969، 4970) ، والرقاق 53 (6587) ، ( تحفة الأشراف : 5456) (صحیح)»
Brief Explanation
1؎ : From this it is established that Ibn Abbas radi Allahu anhuma, despite being of the same age as the other companions’ children, surpassed them greatly in scholarly depth. And why would this not be so, when for him the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam made a special supplication «اللهم علمه التأويل وفقهه في الدين»: “O Allah, grant him knowledge of interpretation and understanding (fiqh) in the religion.”

2؎ : The matter is the same, but in both narrations there is only a slight variation in wording; in the first narration it is «ولنا بنون مثله» and in this narration it is «ولنا أبناى مثله».
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
From this it is established that Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhuma), despite being of the same age as the other companions’ children, surpassed them greatly in scholarly depth.
And why should it not be so,
when for him the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) made a special supplication: (Allahumma allimhut-ta’weel wa faqqihhu fid-deen) “O Allah, grant him the knowledge of interpretation (ta’weel) and understanding (fiqh) in the religion.”
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3362