It is narrated from Uqbah bin Abd al-Ghafir that he said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) went to Amir Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with them both), and at that time people of the various clans of Quraysh were sitting around him in a circle. Amir Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him about their forefathers, until he asked: What do you say about your father, Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib? Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "May Allah Almighty have mercy on Abu al-Fadl (Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him). By Allah! He was the uncle of the Prophet of Allah, the coolness of the eyes of the Messenger of Allah, the chief of uncles and of friends, and the glory of the elders. His forefathers were generous and his ancestors were brave. He had deep knowledge of affairs; forbearance had adorned him and understanding prevailed over him. By his wisdom he would win the devotion of every refined and dignified person, and by his excellent judgement he would keep away from every cowardly and fearful opponent. Before the mention of his virtue the standing of friends faded, and at the mention of his clan other lineages fell behind. He was the custodian of the House of Allah, the one who gave water to the pilgrims, and a man of noble lineage and kinship. And why would he not be so, and how could he not be so, when the one who trained and guided him was that personage (the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him) who was the most honoured and the most understanding of all those of Quraysh who walked on the earth or rode?" This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but he did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that al-Ala bin al-Hadrami sent eighty thousand (a large sum, of dirhams or dinars) from Bahrain to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); never before or after did more wealth than this come to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the order, and it was spread out on a mat. Then the call to prayer was given, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and, standing, turned his attention to that wealth. People kept coming and he (peace and blessings be upon him) kept giving to them. On that day there was neither counting nor weighing; it was simply being given out by handfuls. Meanwhile Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: "O Messenger of Allah! On the day of Badr I paid my own ransom and that of Aqil, and Aqil had no wealth, so give me some of this wealth." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take." So he scooped handfuls into his woollen cloak. Then he turned to leave but could not (lift it, because the load was too heavy), so he raised his head towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah! Have it lifted onto me." Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was saying (at that time): "Of the promises Allah Almighty made, one has been fulfilled, and of the other I do not know. (Allah Almighty says:) 'O Prophet, say to those captives who are in your hands: If Allah knows any good in your hearts, He will give you better than what was taken from you, and He will forgive you.' [Surah al-Anfal: 70] This wealth is certainly better than what was taken from me, and I do not know what will be done with me in the matter of forgiveness."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that al-Ala bin al-Hadrami sent some wealth from Bahrain to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); then the narrator related the incident just like the previous hadith. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Sayyiduna Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Ali bin al-Husayn narrates from his father that he said: Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) came towards the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He was wearing a (fine) suit of clothes, his hair was in two braids, and his complexion was fair. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him, he smiled. Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! What made you laugh? May Allah always keep you laughing and smiling." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The handsomeness of the Prophet's uncle amazed me." Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What is handsomeness in men?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The tongue (that is, sweet and eloquent speech)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was in Madinah (as a captive), and the Ansar looked for a garment to clothe him with, but they found no shirt that fitted him except the shirt of Abdullah bin Ubayy, so they clothed him in that shirt. Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) further says: Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) had become a captive of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Battle of Badr, and he had been brought out under compulsion (by the idolaters of Makkah, to fight). Then he was brought to Madinah, and Abdullah bin Ubayy clothed him in his shirt. This is why the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) shrouded him (the hypocrite Abdullah bin Ubayy) in his own shirt, to repay the treatment he had given Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with 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 Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: When Sayyiduna Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) was taken captive (at Badr), no shirt could be found that fitted him except the shirt of (Abdullah) Ibn Ubayy (so that was put on 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 Ya'qub bin Ja'far bin Sulayman that he said: I heard my father say: I went in to Abu Ja'far al-Mansur and saw that he had a jummah (hair reaching the earlobes or the shoulders), and I began to gaze at its beauty. Abu Ja'far al-Mansur said: "My father Muhammad bin Ali also had a jummah, and he told me that his father Ali bin Abdullah also had a jummah, and he told me that his father Abdullah bin Abbas also had a jummah, and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also had a jummah which reached halfway down his ears." Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib also had a jummah, Abd al-Muttalib also had a jummah, and Hashim bin Abd Manaf also had a jummah." Ya'qub bin Ja'far says: I said to my father: "I am amazed at its beauty." He said: "That is the light of the caliphate." Then (Abu Ja'far al-Mansur) said: My father narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather, that he said: "Indeed, when Allah Almighty intends to create someone for the caliphate, He passes His hand (of power) over his forelock, and then no eye falls upon him except that it loves him." All the narrators of this hadith, from first to last, are Hashimis well known for the nobility of their lineage.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said to Sayyiduna Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him): "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: We will enlarge the Mosque (of the Prophet). Your house is near the Mosque, so give it to us so that we may add it to the Mosque, and I will give you a more spacious place than it." He replied: "I will not do so." Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Then I will prevail over you and take it (by force)." Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "You have no right to that, so appoint someone between you and me who will judge with the truth." Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Who is he?" Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Hudhayfah bin al-Yaman." The narrator says: So they both came to Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) and related the whole story to him. Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have a report (knowledge) about this." Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "What is it?" Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The Prophet of Allah, Dawud (peace be upon him), intended to enlarge Bayt al-Maqdis, and near the mosque there was a house belonging to an orphan. He asked him for that house, but he refused, so Dawud (peace be upon him) wanted to take it by force. Thereupon Allah Almighty revealed to him: Of My houses, the one most free of injustice is My House (the mosque). So he left it." Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him (Umar, may Allah be pleased with him): "Is anything now left (to argue)?" He said: "No." The narrator says: Then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the Mosque, and there a gutter-spout of Abbas's (may Allah be pleased with him) house was jutting out towards the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), from which rainwater would fall into the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) pulled that spout out with his own hand and said: "This spout will not pour into the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." At this Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "By the One who sent Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) with the truth! He (peace and blessings be upon him) himself placed this spout in this place with his own blessed hand, and you, O Umar, have pulled it out." Hearing this, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Put your feet on my shoulders so that you may fix it back where it was." So Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) did so. Then Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I have given you my house so that you may add it to the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." So Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) added it to the Mosque, and after that allotted Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) a more spacious place than it at al-Zawra. We wrote this hadith down through Abu Ja'far and Abu Ali al-Hafiz, and we wrote it only with this chain. The two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not use Abd al-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam as evidence. And I have found a supporting narration (shahid) for it among the hadiths of the people of Syria:

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyab that when Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) intended to enlarge the Mosque of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), that enlargement reached as far as the house of Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him); then the narrator related an incident like the previous hadith.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Razin narrates from his father Abu Razin, who narrates from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: I said to Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): Ask the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to appoint you over (the collection of) charity. So he asked him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am not going to appoint you over the washings of people's sins (that is, zakah and charities)."