It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: For a year I kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but (out of awe of him) I could not speak to him, and he did not know me. Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked me: Who are you? I said: I am from the people of Iraq. He asked: From which of them? I said: From Banu Asad. He asked: Are you from their Haruri (Khariji) sect, or from those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour? I said: From those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour. He said: Now ask. I asked: What is the meaning of "I swear by the Day of Resurrection" [Al-Qiyamah: 1] ? He said: Your Lord swears by whatever He wills of His creation. I asked: And "And I swear by the self-reproaching soul" [Al-Qiyamah: 2] ? He said: It refers to the blamed soul that regrets its sins. I asked: "Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes, (We are) able to restore even his fingertips" [Al-Qiyamah: 3-4] ? He said: If Allah had willed, He would have made man's fingertips like the hoof of a camel or the hoof of a donkey. I asked: What is the meaning of "a place of settlement and a place of deposit" [Al-An'am: 98] ? He said: By "mustaqarr" (place of settlement) is meant the mother's womb, and by "mustawda'" (place of deposit) is meant the father's loins. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "Rather, man desires to continue in sin ahead of him" [Al-Qiyamah: 5] , that he said: (Its meaning is that the sinful person says:) I will repent soon (and in this delusion he keeps on sinning). And he "asks: When is the Day of Resurrection?" [Al-Qiyamah: 6] . Then, when the eyes are dazzled, the reality will become clear to him. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "The Day when some of the signs of your Lord come, no soul will benefit from its faith if it had not believed before" [Al-An'am: 158] , that he said: It refers to the rising of the sun from the west. Then he recited these verses: "And the sun and the moon are joined together; man will say on that Day: Where is the escape?" [Al-Qiyamah: 9-10] . This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.