Musa bin Salamah says that we were with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) in Makkah Mukarramah. We asked him: When we are with you, we perform four rak'ahs, and when we return to our mounts, that is, set out on a journey, we perform two rak'ahs. What is the reality of this? He replied: This is the Sunnah of Abul Qasim (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade tying any living being and using it as a target for shooting.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once during the Prophetic era, there was a solar eclipse. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood with his companions, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began the prayer and recited a long surah, then performed bowing (ruku‘), then raised his head and recited again, then performed bowing and did two prostrations (sujood), then stood up and recited, bowed and did two prostrations. In this way, there were four bowings and four prostrations in two rak‘ahs.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was expelled from Makkah Mukarramah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) began to say with sorrow: "These people have expelled their Prophet," and he began to recite "Inna lillahi," and said, "They will surely be destroyed." Upon this, the verse was revealed: "Permission [to fight] is given to those against whom fighting is waged, because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is able to help them." At that moment, he understood that now fighting would certainly take place. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) says that this is the very first verse regarding the permission to fight.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever makes images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to him: 'Put life into what you have created,' but he will not be able to do so. Whoever narrates a false dream will also be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be ordered to tie two grains of barley together, but he will not be able to do so. And whoever listens to the conversation of a people who do not want him to hear it, molten lead will be poured into his ears on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If a person, when approaching his wife for intimacy, recites this supplication: «بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ اللّٰهُمَّ جَنِّبْنِي الشَّيْطَانَ وَجَنِّبْ الشَّيْطَانَ مَا رَزَقْتَنَا» 'In the name of Allah, O Allah! Protect me from Satan and protect whatever offspring You grant us from Satan,' then if it is decreed that they have a child, Satan will never be able to harm that child."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with both of them) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) arrived in Madinah, he found out that the people there used to make transactions of dates on credit for one year or two or three years. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever makes a Salam sale in dates, he should specify its measure and specify its weight."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a man somewhere, giving him eighteen camels and instructing him with what he needed to do. The man left, but after a short while, he returned and said, "Please tell me, if any of these camels becomes exhausted, what should I do?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Slaughter it, soak its shoe in its blood, then apply it to its chest, but neither you nor any of your companions should eat its meat."

Saeed bin Jubair (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once I was present in the plain of Arafat in the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and at that time he was eating pomegranate. He said that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also did not fast in the plain of Arafat. Umm al-Fadl had sent him milk, which he drank, and he said: May Allah curse the person who attains one of the greatest days of the days of Hajj and then erases its adornment. The adornment of Hajj is the Talbiyah.

Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) burned some apostates. When Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) found out, he said: If I had been there, I would not have burned them with fire, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not punish anyone with the punishment of Allah." Rather, I would have killed them, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever changes his religion, kill him." When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) learned of this, he expressed regret (that why was this not known earlier?).