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 2 of 10
Mishkat al-Masabih 643SahihWhen the Prophet entered the House (the Kaba) he made supplications in all sides of it, but did not perform salat till he had come out. When he came out he prayed two rakas facing the Kaba and said, “This is the qibla.”
Bukhari transmitted it and Muslim…Mishkat al-Masabih 670SahihThe Messenger of Allah said:, “I was not commanded to build high mosques.” Ibn Abbas said, “You* will certainly ornament them as the Jews and Christians did.”
* The verb is plural addressed by Ibn Abbas to some hearers.Mishkat al-Masabih 677SahihHe asked, “Muhammad, do you know what the angels near My presence dispute about?” I replied, “Yes, about expiations, and they are remaining in the mosques after the prayers are over, walking on foot to the congregational prayers, and performing elaborate…Mishkat al-Masabih 690DaifGod’s Messenger cursed women who visited graves, people who put mosques there and those who lit lamps there.
Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 730Sahih“When I was near the age of puberty I came riding on a she-ass and found God’s Messenger leading the people in prayer at Mina with no wall in front of him. I passed in front of part of the row of worshippers, and dismounting, let my she-ass go to pasture and…Mishkat al-Masabih 739SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you prays without a sutra, an ass, a pig, a Jew, a Magian, and a woman cut off his prayer, but it will suffice if they pass in front of him at a distance of over a stone’s throw.”Mishkat al-Masabih 791SahihGod’s Messenger used to recite in both rakas of the dawn prayer, “Say, We believe in God and in the revelation given to us,”1 and the verse in Al Imran, “Say, O people of the Book, come to common terms between us and you.”2
1. Al-Qur’an; 2:136
2. Al-Qur’an…Mishkat al-Masabih 792DaifGod’s Messenger used to begin his prayer with, “In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful.”Mishkat al-Masabih 805When the Prophet recited, “Glorify the name of thy most high Lord,” (Al-Quran; 87) he said, “Glory be to my Lord most high.”Mishkat al-Masabih 819SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “I have been prohibited to recite the Qur’an when bowing or prostrating myself; so when bowing magnify the Lord, and when prostrating yourselves be earnest in supplication, for it is fitting that your…Mishkat al-Masabih 833Sahihthe forehead, the hands, 1 the knees, and the extremities of the feet, 2 and not to fold back the clothing or the hair.
1. i.e. the palms.
2. i.e. the toes.Mishkat al-Masabih 846HasanThe Prophet used to say between the two sajdas, “O God, forgive me, show mercy to me, guide me, heal me, and provide for me.”Mishkat al-Masabih 855SahihGod’s Messenger used to teach us the tashahhud just as he would teach us a sura of the Qur’an, and would say, “The blessed adorations of the tongue, acts of worship and all good things are due to God. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and God’s mercy and…Mishkat al-Masabih 886SahihThe Prophet used to teach them this prayer just as he used to teach them a sura of the Qur’an, telling them te say, “O God, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in jahannam, I seek refuge in Thee from the punishment in the grave, I seek refuge in Thee…Mishkat al-Masabih 904SahihIbn Abbas said he used to know that God’s Messenger had finished his prayer when he heard the takbir.Mishkat al-Masabih 940SahihGod’s Messenger used to glance right and left during prayer but did not turn his neck to look behind him.
Tirmidhi and Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 964SahihThe Prophet prostrated himself when an-Najm (Al-Qur’an; 53) was revealed, and the Muslims, the ploytheists, jinn and men prostrated themselves along with him.Mishkat al-Masabih 968SahihA prostration when reciting Sad (Al-Qur’an; 38) is not one of those which are divinely commanded, but I have seen the Prophet prostrate himself when it was recited. In a version Mujahid said that he asked Ibn Abbas whether he should prostrate himself when…Mishkat al-Masabih 974DaifThe Prophet did not make a prostration at any verse in al-Mufassal from the time he removed to Medina.Mishkat al-Masabih 976HasanThe Prophet thereupon recited a verse at which a prostration should be made, then prostrated himself, and I heard him saying the words the man told him the tree had said.
Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, but Ibn Majah did not mention, “and accept it…Mishkat al-Masabih 978The Prophet prostrated himself when reciting Sad (Al-Qur’an; 38) and said, “David made this prostration in repentance, but we do it out of gratitude.”
Nasai transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 983SahihI heard the Prophet prohibiting them and afterwards saw him praying them. When he came in I sent the slavegirl to him telling her to say that Umm Salamah sent this query, “Messenger of God, I heard you prohibiting these two, and I see you praying them.” He…Mishkat al-Masabih 1008SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If any one hears him who makes the call to prayer and is not prevented from joining the congregation by any excuse,” (he was asked what an excuse consisted of and replied that it was fear or illness), “the prayer…Mishkat al-Masabih 1017SahihThe Prophet said:, “If anyone hears the summons and does not respond to it, he is not credited with having prayed unless he has some excuse.”
Daraqutni transmitted it.Mishkat al-Masabih 1038SahihIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The best of you are those whose shoulders give least annoyance in prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1045SahihWhen I was spending a night in the house of my maternal aunt Maimuna God’s Messenger stood up and prayed. I stood at his left side, and he, taking my hand behind his back, directed me thus* behind his back to his right side.
*Abdallah would use a gesture to…Mishkat al-Masabih 1058DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Let the best among you call the adhan for you, and the Qur’an readers act as your imams.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1067Daifa man who acts as imam for people when they do not like him, a woman with whom her husband is displeased throughout the night, and two brothers* who are disunited.
* The word here is most probably used in the widest sense, meaning two Muslims.Mishkat al-Masabih 1115DaifIbn Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When the stars set two rakas should be prayed before the dawn prayer, and after the prostration two rakas should be prayed after the sunset prayer.”Mishkat al-Masabih 1122DaifGod’s Messenger prolonged the recitation of the Qur’an in the two rakas after the sunset prayer till the people in the mosque separated.