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 5 of 10
Mishkat al-Masabih 1976SahihGod’s messenger came to Medina and found the Jews observing the fast on the day of Ashura, so he asked them what was the significance of that day which they were observing and they replied, “It is a great day on which God delivered Moses and his people and…Mishkat al-Masabih 1980DaifIt was the custom of God’s messenger not to eat on the middle days* of the month whether travelling or not.
*Literally, the days of the white (nights). These are the days following the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth nights of the month, the nights when…Mishkat al-Masabih 1993SahihThe Prophet said:, “Seek lailat al-qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan, on the twenty-first, twenty-third and twenty-fifth.”Mishkat al-Masabih 2005SahihGod’s messenger was the most generous of men, and he was as generous as possible in Ramadan. Gabriel used to meet him every night in Ramadan and the Prophet would go over the Qur’an to him. When Gabriel met him he was more generous than the wind which blows…Mishkat al-Masabih 2014DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying about one who observes a period of private devotion in a mosque, “He turns away from sins and he is rewarded for good deeds like one who does all good deeds.”Mishkat al-Masabih 2030SahihFatihat al-Kitab (Qur’an, 1) and the last verses of sura al-Baqara (Qur’an, 2). You will not recite a phrase of them without being given the blessing it contains.Mishkat al-Masabih 2040SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Anyone who has nothing of the Qur’an within him is like a ruined house.”
Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, and Tirmidhi said this is a sahih tradition.Mishkat al-Masabih 2058DaifOne of the Prophet’s companions set up his tent over a grave without realising that it was a grave, and it contained a man who was reciting the sura, “Blessed is He in whose hand is the kingdom,” up to the end. He went and told the Prophet, who said, “It is…Mishkat al-Masabih 2060SahihIbn Abbas and Anas ibn Malik reported God’s messenger as saying that “When is shaken” (Qur’an, 99) is equivalent to half the Qur’an, “Say, He is God, One” (Qur’an, 112) is equivalent to a third of the Qur’an, and “Say, O infidels” (Qur’an, 109) is equivalent…Mishkat al-Masabih 2118SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Gabriel taught me to recite in one mode, and when I replied to him and kept asking him to give me more he did so till he reached seven modes.” Ibn Shihab said he had heard that those seven modes are essentially…Mishkat al-Masabih 2122God’s messenger did not know where suras were to be separated till “In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful,” was sent down.
Abu Dawud transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 2126Ibn Abbas said he asked Uthman what had induced them to deal with al-Anfal (Qur’an, 8) which is one of the Mathani* and with Baraa which is one with a hundred verses, joining them without writing the line containing “In the name of God, the Compassionate…Mishkat al-Masabih 2157SahihIkrima quoted Ibn Abbas as saying, “When asking for something you should raise your hands opposite your shoulders or thereabout, when asking for forgiveness you should point with one finger, and when making earnest supplication you should stretch out both…Mishkat al-Masabih 2161that of one who is wronged till help comes, that of a pilgrim till he comes home, that of one engaged in jihad till he stops, that of a sick person till he recovers, and that of someone for an absent brother. Then he added, “The one of those which gets the…Mishkat al-Masabih 2182SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “The devil is couching at the heart of the son of Adam. When he mentions God he withdraws, but when he is neglectful he makes evil suggestions.”
Bukhari mentioned it in a note.Mishkat al-Masabih 2208Ibn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “The first to be summoned to paradise on the day of resurrection will be those who praise God in prosperity and adversity.”
Baihaqi transmitted the two traditions in Shuab al-iman.Mishkat al-Masabih 2237DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as stating that God has said, “If anyone knows that I have power to forgive sins I will pardon him and not care, so long as he associatesi nothing with me.”
It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.Mishkat al-Masabih 2248HasanWith reference to God’s words, “Except for slight faults ‘* Ibn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, ‘If Thou forgivest, O God, Thou wilt forgive much sin, for which of Thy servants has not committed slight faults?’
*Qur’an, liii, 32.’”Mishkat al-Masabih 2254Abdallah Ibn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “A dead man in his grave is just like a drowning man calling for help, for he hopes that a supplication from a father, a mother, a brother, or a friend may reach him, and when it does it is dearer to him…Mishkat al-Masabih 2272Sahihand if he intends to do a good deed and does it, God enters it for him in His record as ten to seven hundred and many more times as much. If anyone intends to do an evil deed and does not do it, God enters it for him in His record as a complete good deed; but…Mishkat al-Masabih 2291DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying that if anyone repeats in the morning, “So glory be to God in the evening and in the morning; to Him is the praise in the heavens and the earth; and in the late evening and at noon. thus shall you be brought…Mishkat al-Masabih 2312SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying that if anyone who means to have intercourse with his wife says, “In the name of God. O God, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from what Thou hast provided us,” should it be ordained that a child…Mishkat al-Masabih 2358SahihGod’s messenger used to say, “O God, to Thee I have submitted, in Thee I believe, on Thee I rely, to Thee I turn in repentance, and by Thee I contend. O God, I seek refuge in Thy might, than whom there is no god, lest Thou leadest me into error. Thou art the…Mishkat al-Masabih 2382SahihIbn Abbas told that the Prophet used to say when making supplication, “My Lord, help me and do not give help against me; grant me victory and do not grant victory over me; plan on my behalf and do not plan against me; guide me and make right guidance easy for…Mishkat al-Masabih 2403SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “An ‘umra in Ramadan is equal to a hajja. ‘ (hajj is the word for the pilgrimage and hajja is a form indicating a single observance.)
He told of the Prophet meeting some riders at ar-Rauha’ (A place between…Mishkat al-Masabih 2409Dhul Hulaifa for the people of Medina, al- Juhfa for the people of Syria, Qarn al-Manazil for the people of Najd, and Yalamlam for the people of the Yemen; so these spots are for these regions and for people of other regions who come to them intending to…Mishkat al-Masabih 2413Ibn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “God has prescribed the pilgrimage for you people.” Al-Aqra ibn Habis then got up and asked whether it was to be performed annually, to which God’s messenger replied that if he were to tell them that it was, it…Mishkat al-Masabih 2415DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s messenger as saying, “Islam does not allow for failure to perform the pilgrimage.”
Abu Dawud transmitted it.
(The word used here is sarura. The meaning is strictly “one who does not perform the pilgrimage.” It is explained as coming…Mishkat al-Masabih 2421SahihIbn Abbas told that God’s messenger heard a man say, “Labbaik on behalf of Shubruma.” He asked who Shubruma was, and the man replied, “A brother of mine,” or “a relative of mine.” He asked whether he had performed the pilgrimage on his own behalf, and when he…Mishkat al-Masabih 2425SahihThe people of the Yemen used to perform the pilgrimage without bringing provisions, declaring that they put their trust in God; and when they came to Mecca they begged from the people. So God most high sent down, “And bring provisions, but the best provision…