Muhammad bin Umar narrates from his teachers that Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd Manaf was the paternal uncle of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). His mother was Nutaylah bint Khabbab bin Kulayb bin Malik bin Amr bin Amir bin Zayd Manat bin Amir al-Khazrajiyyah. Sayyiduna al-Abbas's kunyah was Abu al-Fadl, because al-Fadl was his eldest son. He was three years older than the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) took part with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Conquest of Makkah, Hunayn, Ta'if and Tabuk, and on the day of the Battle of Hunayn, when the people scattered, he stood firm with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) along with his family.

Shu'bah (the freed slave of Ibn Abbas) relates that Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was of very well-proportioned and upright stature, and he used to tell us that Abd al-Muttalib was of even more upright stature than him. Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) died on Friday, 14 Rajab, in the year 32 AH, during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). At that time he was 88 years old, and he was buried in Jannat al-Baqi', in the graveyard of Banu Hashim.

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Numayr relates that the mother of Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) was Nutaylah bint Janab bin Kulayb bin Malik bin Amr bin Amir bin al-Namir bin Qasit. Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was born three years before the Event of the Elephant.