Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once, while discussing the issue of the grandfather, Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had said: "If I were to take anyone from this Ummah as my close friend (khalil), I would have taken him." This decision was made regarding Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him).

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: "I looked into Paradise and saw that the majority of its people were the poor, and I looked into Hell and saw that the majority of its people were women."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the prostration in Surah Sad is not obligatory, however, I have seen the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) performing the prostration of recitation in Surah Sad.

Awam bin Hawshab (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) about the prostration (sajdah) in Surah Sad. He replied, "Yes! I asked this issue to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them), and he answered, 'Do you recite this verse: «﴿وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ دَاوُودَ وَسُلَيْمَانَ . . . . .﴾ [الأنعام: 84] » "And among their descendants were Dawood and Sulaiman . . . . ." and at its end it is: «﴿فَبِهُدَاهُمُ اقْتَدِهْ﴾ [الأنعام:90] » "So follow their guidance." It is as if your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was commanded to follow the example of Dawood (peace be upon him) (and he performed prostration, therefore, in his following, prostration should be performed at the verse of prostration in Surah Sad).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that once I stayed the night at the house of my maternal aunt, Umm al-Mu'mineen Sayyidah Maymunah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her). During the night, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up to pray, so I stood on his left side to join the prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took me by the head and made me stand on his right side.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that an angel came to Hazrat Hajar (peace be upon her), and when he reached near Zamzam, he struck with his heel, from which a spring gushed forth. She quickly took water with a bowl and filled her water-skin. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“May Allah have mercy on her; if she had not hurried, that spring would have continued to flow until the Day of Resurrection (and would have spread far and wide).”

A person asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about the ruling of kissing while fasting, so he replied that once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) kissed the head of one of his wives and at that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was fasting.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain of transmission.

It was narrated to us by ‘Abd al-Wahhab, who said: Sa‘id narrated to us, from Ayyub, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Shaqiq, from Ibn ‘Abbas, and he mentioned it.

Hakam bin A'raj says that once I was present in the service of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them). I asked him to tell me something about the Day of Ashura. He said: When you see the crescent of Muharram, keep counting its dates. When the morning of the ninth day comes, observe the fast. I asked: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fast in this manner? He replied: Yes.