It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked: "Are you older, or the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied (with the utmost courtesy and reverence): "He (the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) is the greater, but I was born before him."

Al-Zubayr bin Bakkar relates that Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was three years older than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He said: (When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born) my mother was told that Sayyidah Aminah had given birth to a boy. So in the morning she took me by the hand to her. It is as if I can still see him (peace and blessings be upon him) moving his feet in his courtyard, while the women were pulling me towards them and saying: "Kiss your brother." Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) died in the year 34 AH, and at that time he was 88 years old.