Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I was fifteen years old.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) states: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, I was fifteen years old and I had already been circumcised. Al-Qadi Isma'il bin Ishaq (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu Ishaq and Abu Bishr differed in their narrations from Sa'id bin Jubayr regarding the age of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but the narration of Abu Ishaq is closer to the truth. Imam al-Hakim said: This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it, and this narration is more reliable than the other differing reports about his age.

Mus'ab bin Abdullah states that Sayyiduna Abu al-Abbas Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died at the age of seventy-one, and he was born in the Valley (Shi'b) of Abu Talib three years before the Hijrah.

It is narrated from al-Qasim bin Muhammad that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was Abu al-Abbas.

Abu Nawfal states: I said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "O Abu al-Abbas!"

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the last part of the night while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. I stood behind him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of me and made me stand beside him. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his attention to his prayer, I stepped back. When he finished the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "What is the matter with you? I make you stand beside me and you step back?" I said: It is not fitting for anyone to stand beside you in prayer when you are the Messenger of Allah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) liked what I said, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed to Allah to increase me in understanding and knowledge. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this wording.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the house of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). I placed water for his (peace and blessings be upon him) ablution. Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) told him (peace and blessings be upon him) that Abdullah bin Abbas had placed the water for him, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'Allahumma faqqihhu fi al-din wa 'allimhu al-ta'wil' (O Allah, grant him understanding of the religion and teach him the interpretation (of the Qur'an)). 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 Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the most compassionate of my Ummah is Abu Bakr, the firmest in the matter of Allah is Umar, the most modest is Uthman, the best reciter is Ubayy bin Ka'b, the greatest expert in the laws of inheritance is Zayd bin Thabit, the best judge is Ali bin Abi Talib, the most knowledgeable about the lawful and the unlawful is Mu'adh bin Jabal, the most truthful in speech is Abu Dharr, the trustworthy one of this Ummah is Abu Ubaydah bin al-Jarrah, and the great scholar of this Ummah is Abdullah bin Abbas."

Amr bin Dinar states: The meat of domestic donkeys was mentioned in the presence of Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: That ocean, meaning Ibn Abbas, refused that (it is unlawful), and he recited this verse: "Say: I do not find, in what has been revealed to me, anything forbidden (to one who would eat it)." [Surah al-An'am: 145]

Mujahid states that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to be called "al-Bahr" (the Ocean of knowledge) because of the abundance of his knowledge.