Sa'id bin Jubayr narrates that Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in Ta'if, and I was present at his funeral when a bird came, the like of whose form had never been seen. It entered his bier. We watched carefully to see whether it would come out, but it was not seen again. When he had been buried, this verse was recited at the edge of the grave, and it could not be known who recited it: "O tranquil soul, return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing. So enter among My servants, and enter My Paradise." [Surah al-Fajr: 27 - 30] . Isma'il bin Ali and Isa bin Ali also confirmed that it was a white bird.

Abu Hamzah Imran bin Abi Ata narrates: I was present at the death of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Ta'if. Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah took charge of all his arrangements and said four takbirs in his funeral prayer. Then he lowered him into the grave from the side of his feet, and put up a structure over him for three (days). The hadiths from him that we have memorised number about four hundred.

Shu'bah, the freed slave (mawla) of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), narrates that Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in the year 68 AH at Ta'if, when he was 75 years old, and he used to apply yellow dye to his beard.

Shu'bah, the freed slave (mawla) of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: "I was born before the Hijrah, at the time when we were besieged in the Valley (Shi'b) of Abu Talib, and when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away I was thirteen years old." The narrator says: Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) died in the year 78 AH, when he was 81 years old.

Mujahid narrates that Yazid bin Utbah bin Abi Lahab composed verses mentioning the clouds that watered the grave of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): "The sky poured down the rain of its mercy three times; that water flowed over the grave of Ibn Abbas. He used to tell us this, and we knew it with certain knowledge, whether one remembers it or forgets it: that the sky waters the grave with the rain of mercy. By my life! This matter is plain before the people. Had those people possessed an opinion that could protect them in times of calamity, they would have sent Ibn Abbas to you. What an excellent man his father was! Is there anyone like him among the people at the time of dispute and judgement? But they set up against you an old man from Yemen who does not even understand the reckoning of fives and sixes."

Sayyiduna Hassan bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: We, the company of the Ansar, made a request to (the Caliph) Sayyiduna Umar or Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with them both) - Ibn Abi al-Zinad was in doubt about this. For this purpose we went, taking with us Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and a group of some other Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and the other Companions spoke and mentioned the virtues and merits of the Ansar, but the ruler presented an excuse. Hassan says: It was an extremely important and difficult matter that we had requested. He says: The ruler kept presenting his excuses to them until everyone except Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) stood up and accepted his excuse. But Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "By Allah, the right of the Ansar is not something to be disregarded. They supported (the religion) and gave shelter (to the Muhajirun)." And he mentioned their merit and said: "Indeed, this (Hassan) is the poet of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and the one who defends him (peace and blessings be upon him)." Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) kept responding to him with such comprehensive speech that it closed off all his arguments, until finally the ruler had no choice but to fulfil our need. Hassan says: We came out, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, had fulfilled our need through the blessing of his speech. I was holding Abdullah's hand, praising him and praying for him. Then I passed in the mosque by the people who had gone with him but had not reached the position that Ibn Abbas reached, and I said within their hearing: "He turned out to be the most deserving of us among you all." They said: "Yes." Then I said to Abdullah: "By Allah, this is the remnant of the fragrance of Prophethood and the inheritance of Ahmad (peace and blessings be upon him), and indeed you were the most deserving of it (this knowledge and wisdom)." Hassan says: Pointing towards Abdullah, I recited these verses: "When he speaks, he leaves no word for any other speaker; he brings chosen words between which you see no gap. He removed the unease of the hearts and healed it, and left no room in speech, whether serious or light, for anyone with a need. You rose to the heights without any hardship and attained their summits; you are neither lowly nor base."

Ikrimah narrates: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) wearing a costly silk wrap (mitraf) woven in Harran, with patterns on it, and he had bought it for a thousand (dirhams or dinars).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that Sayyidah Umm Bakr bint al-Miswar bin Makhramah narrates that Sayyiduna al-Miswar bin Makhramah (may Allah be pleased with him) fell ill, and Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to visit him at midday. Al-Miswar said to him: O Abu al-Abbas, was there no other time than this? Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The most beloved hour to me is the one in which fulfilling your right is hardest (most difficult) for me."

Abu Salamah al-Hadrami narrates: I saw the grave of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah was standing there. He ordered that the grave be made level (flat).

Abu Bakrah narrates: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) came to us in Basrah, and in all of Arabia there was no one like him, whether in dignity and stature, knowledge and insight, eloquence, or beauty. Ali bin Muhammad says: Ali was born to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he was the most distinguished of his children. He was born in the year 40 AH, or in the year of the Battle of the Camel, 36 AH. He was the most handsome Qurayshi on the face of the earth and one who prayed abundantly, and he was called by the title "al-Sajjad" (the one who prostrates much), and the caliphate continued in his line. Among his other sons were Abbas (who was the eldest, and after whom Ibn Abbas had his kunyah), Muhammad, Ubaydullah and al-Fadl, and among the daughters was Lubabah. The mother of all of them was Zur'ah bint Misrah, and her father Misrah was one of the four kings (of Yemen). The lines of Abbas, Ubaydullah, al-Fadl and Muhammad did not continue, while Lubabah was married to Ali bin Abdullah bin Ja'far bin Abi Talib, through whom her descendants continued. And Asma bint Abdullah was married to Abdullah bin Ubaydullah bin Abbas, from whom Hasan and Husayn were born, and her mother was an umm walad (a slave woman who bore her master a child).