Volume 6, Book 60, Number 123:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Regarding the Verse: “Because of the inconvenience of rain or because you are ill.” (4.102) (It was
revealed in connection with) ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Auf who was wounded.
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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 102:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
(In the Pre-Islamic Period ) the children used to inherit all the property but the parents used to in –
herit only through a will. So Allah cancelled that which He liked to cancel and put decreed that the
share of a son was to be twice the share of a daughter, and for the parents one-sixth for each one of
them, or one third, and for the wife one-eighth or one-fourth, and for the husband one-half, or one-
fourth.

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 103:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
regarding the Divine Verse: “O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their
will, and you should not treat them with harshness that you may take back part of the (Mahr) dower
you have given them.” (4.19) (Before this revelation) if a man died, his relatives used to have the
right to inherit his wife, and one of them could marry her if he would, or they would give her in
marriage if they wished, or, if they wished, they would not give her in marriage at all, and they
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would be more entitled to dispose her, than her own relatives. So the above Verse was revealed in
this connection.

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 104:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Regarding the Verse: “To everyone, We have appointed heirs.” (4.33) ‘Mawali’ means heirs. And re –
garding:– “And those to whom your right hands have pledged.”
When the Emigrants came to Medina, an Emigrant used to be the heir of an Ansari with the exclu –
sion of the latter’s relatives, and that was because of the bond of brotherhood which the Prophet had
established between them (i.e. the Emigrants and the Ansar). So when the Verses:– “To everyone We
have appointed heirs.” was revealed, (the inheritance through bond of brotherhood) was cancelled.
Ibn Abbas then said: “And those to whom your right hands have pledged.” is concerned with the cov –
enant of helping and advising each other. So allies are no longer to be the heir of each other, but they
can bequeath each other some of their property by means of a will.

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 108:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Verse: “Obey Allah and Obey the Apostle and those of you (Muslims) who are in authority.”
(4.59) was revealed in connection with ‘Abdullah bin Hudhafa bin Qais bin ‘Adi’ when the Prophet
appointed him as the commander of a Sariyya (army detachment).

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 111:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
My mother and I were among the weak and oppressed (Muslims at Mecca).

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 115:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Regarding the Verse: “And say not to anyone who offers you peace (by accepting Islam), You are
not a believer.” There was a man amidst his sheep. The Muslims pursued him, and he said (to them)
“Peace be on you.” But they killed him and took over his sheep. Thereupon Allah revealed in that con –
cern, the above Verse up to:– “…seeking the perishable good of this life.” (4.94) i.e. those sheep.

Volume 6, Book 60, Number 119:
Narrated Ibn Abbas: Not equal are those believers who sat (at home) and did not join the