Ibn Abbas
[7][9] 'Abd Allah ibn Abbas was highly regarded for his knowledge of traditions and his critical interpretation of the Qur'an.
From early on, he gathered information from other companions of Muhammad and gave classes and wrote commentaries.
His mother was Umm al-Fadl Lubaba, who prided herself in being the second woman who converted to Islam, on the same day as her close friend Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Muhammad's wife.
[1] As he grew up, he was by Muhammad's side doing different services like fetching water for ablution (Arabic: wudu).
He would pray (Arabic: salat) with Muhammad and follow him on his assemblies, journeys and expeditions.
During this period, the Hadith of the pen and paper was reported, with Ibn Abbas as the first-level narrator, at that time about twelve years old.
He would consult multiple Sahaba to confirm narrations, and would go to as many as thirty Companions to verify a single matter,[1] once he heard that a Sahaba knew a hadith unknown to him:[1] A hadith attributed to Abd Allah ibn Abbas reports:[citation needed]
He performed wudu and, seating himself, said: 'Go out and say to them: Whoever wants to ask about the Qur'an and its letters (pronunciation) let him enter.'
[1] Umar often sought the advice of Ibn Abbas on important matters of state and described him as a "young man of maturity":[1] A hadith attributed to Abd Allah ibn Abbas Sahih reports:[citation needed] Umar replied "Because of what you know of his position" (i.e. his religious knowledge).
I have seen Umar summon him to discuss difficult problems in the presence of veterans of Badr from among the Muhajirin and Ansar.
Ibn Abbas played a key role in convincing a large number of them to return to Ali; 20,000 of 24,000 according to some sources.
He advised Husayn ibn Ali against his proposed expedition to Kufa that ended at Karbala.
[16] Ibn Abbas narrated that Muhammad said, "Two favours are treated unjustly by most people: health and free time."
(from Tirmidhi)[citation needed] On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said, "One day I was behind (i.e. riding behind him on the same mount) the Prophet and he said to me: 'Young man, I shall teach you some words (of advice).
(from Tirmidhi) Al Hakim records on the authority of ibn Abbas that Muhammad advanced, carrying upon his back Hassan ibn Ali, and a man met him and said, 'an excellent steed thou ridest, lad!'.
'[citation needed] Ali ibn Husam Adin (commonly known as al-Mutaki al-Hindi) records that ibn Abbas narrated that Muhammad said the following about his deceased aunt Fatima, the mother of Ali: "I (Muhammad) put on her my shirt that she may wear the clothes of heaven, and I lay in her grave that I may lessen the pressure of the grave.
"[1] The 1924 Cairo edition Quran adopted the chronological order of chapters promulgated by Ibn Abbās, which subsequently became widely accepted.
[21] Sunnis describe thus: ... the courageous Abdullah showed that he preferred peace above war, and logic against force and violence.
And when reciting verses dealing with death, resurrection and the life hereafter his voice would be heavy from deep sobbing.
