Ibn Abbas
أبو العباس عبد الله بن عباس بن عبد المطلب
Companion, died 65 AH in Taif. Named in the chains of 3,020 narrations of the library, 590 in Bukhari, 182 in Muslim, 364 in Abu Dawud.
3,020narrations name him
16collections
65 AHhe died, in Taif
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari590Muslim182Abu Dawud364Tirmidhi284Nasa'i401Ibn Majah319Muwatta40Ahmad45Darimi206Riyad as-Salihin63Bulugh al-Maram117Al-Adab Al-Mufrad78Shama'il29Mishkat297Nawawi's Forty4Forty Qudsi1
Mishkat al-Masabih, page 3 of 10
Mishkat al-Masabih 1133I spent a night with my maternal aunt Maimuna when the Prophet was with her. After talking to his family for a time he had a sleep, then when the last third of the night came, or a little later, he sat up, looked at the sky, and recited, “In the creation of…Mishkat al-Masabih 1141HasanIbn Abbas said the Prophet’s recitation was loud enough for one who was in the inner chamber to hear it when he was in the house.Mishkat al-Masabih 1149SahihIbn Abbas told how the Prophet said when he got up during the night to pray, “O God, to Thee be the praise; Thou art supreme over the heavens and the earth and their inhabitants. To Thee be the praise; Thou art the Light of the heavens and the earth and their…Mishkat al-Masabih 1176Ibn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The nobles among my people are those, who know the Qur’an by heart and those who pray during the night.”
Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuab al-iman.Mishkat al-Masabih 1210SahihIbn Abbas, on being asked whether he approved of the Commander of the Faithful, Muawiyah, using only one raka in the witr, replied, “He is right; he is versed in the law.” In a version Ibn Abu Mulaika said that Muawiyah observed a witr after the evening…Mishkat al-Masabih 1223HasanGod’s Messenger stood in humble supplication daily for a month at the noon, afternoon; sunset, evening and morning prayer when he said, “God listens to him who praises Him” in the last raka, invoking a curse on some clans of the B. Sulaim, Ril, Dhakwan and…Mishkat al-Masabih 1259SahihAbbas my uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not present you, shall I not tell you, shall I not produce in you ten things, by your doing which God will forgive you your sin, first and last, old and new, involuntary and voluntary, small and great, secret and…Mishkat al-Masabih 1266SahihIbn Abbas said the Prophet made a journey during which he had a stop of nineteen days, and he prayed two rakas at each time of prayer. Ibn Abbas said, “So when we are stopping nineteen days between here and Mecca we pray two rakas each time, but when we stop…Mishkat al-Masabih 1268SahihGod’s Messenger used to combine the noon and the afternoon prayer while travelling, and also to combine the sunset and the evening prayer.Mishkat al-Masabih 1278Sahih“God has prescribed the prayer by the tongue of your Prophet as four rakas when resident, two when travelling, and one when danger is present.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1279DaifHe and Ibn Umar said that God’s Messenger established the practice of praying two rakas when travelling, they constituting a complete observance and not an abbreviation; and the witr while travelling is a sunna.Mishkat al-Masabih 1280SahihMalik said he heard that Ibn Abbas used to shorten the prayer on a journey equivalent to that between Mecca and at-Taif, or between Mecca and Usfan, or between Mecca and Judda. Malik said that that was four postal stages.
He transmitted it in al-Muwatta.Mishkat al-Masabih 1295HasanA Jew who was with him when he recited, “Today I have perfected for you your religion…”(Al-Qur’an; 5:3) remarked, “If this verse had been revealed to us we would have made it a festival.” Ibn Abbas replied, “It was revealed on a day which contained two…Mishkat al-Masabih 1304DaifThe Prophet said:, “If anyone neglects the Friday prayer except in case of necessity, he will be inscribed as a hypocrite in a book which will not be obliterated or changed.” Some versions have “three times.”*
*Meaning that the Prophet said these words three…Mishkat al-Masabih 1321Ibn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone speaks on Friday while the imam is preaching, he is like an ass which carries books, (cf. Al-Qur’an; 62:5) and he who tells him to be quiet is not credited with the Friday prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1353SahihOn the day of the breaking of the fast the Prophet prayed two rakas, before and after which he did not pray.Mishkat al-Masabih 1374SahihAta informed me on the authority of Ibn Abbas and Jabir ibn Abdallah that the adhan was not called on the day of the breaking of the fast or on the day of sacrifice. I later asked him, i.e., Ata, about that, and he told me that Jabir ibn Abdallah told him…Mishkat al-Masabih 1383SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “There are no days in which a good deed is more pleasing to God than these ten days.” On being asked whether not even jihad in God’s path were as pleasing, he replied, “Not even jihad in God’s path, except when a man goes out in…Mishkat al-Masabih 1392Hasan“We were with God’s Messenger on a journey when the day of sacrifice came, and we shared with one another, seven for a cow and ten for a camel.”
Tirmidhi, Nasai and.Mishkat al-Masabih 1404SahihThere was an eclipse of the sun in the time of God’s Messenger and he prayed accompanied by the people. He stood for a long time, about as long as it would take to recite Sura al- Baqara;(Al-Qur’an; 1) then he bowed for a long time; then he raised his head…Mishkat al-Masabih 1408SahihWhen an eclipse of the sun took place, God’s Messenger prayed performing eight bowings and four prostrations. There is a similar tradition from Ali.Mishkat al-Masabih 1426SahihIbn Abbas said God’s Messenger went out (i.e. to pray for rain) wearing old clothes, with a humble and lowly manner, making petition.
Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasai and.Mishkat al-Masabih 1432SahihWinds.
Ibn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “I have been helped by the east wind, and ‘Ad* were destroyed by the west wind.’
1. An ancient people who were destroyed because of their rejection of the prophet Hud. Cf. Qur’an, 11:50 ff., etc.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1438SahihIbn Abbas told how the Prophet said, when a man cursed the wind in his presence, “Do not curse the wind, for it is under command; if anyone curses a thing which does not deserve it, the curse will return on himself.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1440No wind ever blew without the Prophet getting down on his knees and saying, “O God, make it a blessing and do not make it a punishment. O God, make it to be winds and do not make it a single wind.” Ibn Abbas remarked that the Book of God most high contains…Mishkat al-Masabih 1450SahihThe Prophet went in to visit a Bedouin Arab, and when he entered to visit a sick man he was accustomed to say, “No harm will come; it is a purification, if God will.” He repeated these words, and when the man replied, “Not at all; it is on the contrary a…Mishkat al-Masabih 1456SahihGod’s messenger used to commend al-Hasan and al-Husain to God’s protection, saying “With God’s perfect words I commend you to God’s protection from every devil and poisonous creature and from every evil eye.” And he would say, “Your ancestor used to commend…Mishkat al-Masabih 1474SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “No Muslim will visit another and say seven times, ‘I ask God, the Mighty, the Lord of the mighty throne, to cure you’ without his being cured, unless his time has come.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1475DaifHe said that the Prophet used to teach them to say when afflicted by fever or any pain, “In the name of God, the Great, I seek refuge in God, the Mighty, from the evil of every vein that bleeds and from the evil of the heat of hell.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it…Mishkat al-Masabih 1497SahihWhen Ali came out after visiting the Prophet during the painful illness of which he died, the people asked, “How is God’s messenger this morning, Abul Hasan?” He replied, “Praise be to God, he is getting better.”