Volume 5, Book 58, Number 144:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Allah’s Apostle (in his fatal illness) came out wrapped in a sheet covering his shoulders and his
head was tied with an oily tape of cloth till he sat on the pulpit, and after praising and glorifying Al –
lah, he said, “Then-after, O people! The people will go on increasing, but the Ansar will go on de –
creasing till they become just like salt in a meal. So whoever amongst you will be the ruler and have
the power to harm or benefit others, should accept the good of the good-doers amongst them and
excuse the wrong-doers amongst them.”
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Volume 5, Book 57, Number 100:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Once the Prophet embraced me (pressed me to his chest) and said, “O Allah, teach him wisdom (i.e.
the understanding of the knowledge of Qur’an).”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 101r:
Narrated ‘Abdul Warith:
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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 5 > BOOK 57: COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET
The same but said, “O Allah, teach him (Ibn Abbas) the Book (i.e. the understanding of the know –
ledge of Qur’an).”
Volume 5, Book 57, Number 101a:
Narrated Khalid:
As above.

Volume 5, Book 57, Number 26:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
While I was standing amongst the people who were invoking Allah for Umar bin Al-Khattab who
was lying (dead) on his bed, a man behind me rested his elbows on my shoulder and said, “(O
‘Umar!) May Allah bestow His Mercy on you. I always hoped that Allah will keep you with your two
companions, for I often heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar were (somewhere). I,
Abu Bakr and ‘Umar did (something). I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar set out.’ So I hoped that Allah will keep
you with both of them.” I turned back to see that the speaker was Ali bin Abi Talib.

Volume 5, Book 57, Number 34:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When (the dead body of) ‘Umar was put on his deathbed, the people gathered around him and in –
voked (Allah) and prayed for him before the body was taken away, and I was amongst them. Sud –
denly I felt somebody taking hold of my shoulder and found out that he was ‘Ali bin Abi Talib. ‘Ali
invoked Allah’s Mercy for ‘Umar and said, “O ‘Umar! You have not left behind you a person whose
deeds I like to imitate and meet Allah with more than I like your deeds. By Allah! I always thought
that Allah would keep you with your two companions, for very often I used to hear the Prophet say –
ing, ‘I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar went (somewhere); I, Abu Bakr and ‘Umar entered (somewhere); and I,
Abu Bakr and ‘Umar went out.”‘

Volume 5, Book 57, Number 8:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet said, “If I were to take a Khalil, I would have taken Abu Bakr, but he is my brother and
my companion (in Islam).”

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 832:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The moon was split into two parts during the lifetime of the Prophet.

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 813:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet paid a visit to a sick bedouin. The Prophet when visiting a patient used to say, “No
harm will befall you! May Allah cure you! May Allah cure you!” So the Prophet said to the bedouin.
“No harm will befall you. May Allah cure you!” The bedouin said, “You say, may Allah cure me? No,
for it is a fever which boils in (the body of) an old man, and will lead him to the grave.” The Prophet
said, “Yes, then may it be as you say.”

Volume 4, Book 56, Number 817:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Musailama-al-Kadhdhab (i.e. the liar) came in the life-time of Allah’s Apostle with many of his
people (to Medina) and said, “If Muhammad makes me his successor, I will follow him.” Allah’s
Apostle went up to him with Thabit bin Qais bin Shams; and Allah’s Apostle was carrying a piece of a
date-palm leaf in his hand. He stood before Musailama (and his companions) and said, “If you asked
me even this piece (of a leaf), I would not give it to you. You cannot avoid the fate you are destined
to, by Allah. If you reject Islam, Allah will destroy you. I think that you are most probably the same
person whom I have seen in the dream.” Abu Huraira told me that Allah’s Apostle; said, “While I was
sleeping, I saw (in a dream) two gold bracelets round my arm, and that worried me too much. Then I
was instructed divinely in my dream, to blow them off and so I blew them off, and they flew away. I
interpreted the two bracelets as symbols of two liars who would appear after me. And so one of them
was Al-Ansi and the other was Musailama Al-Kadhdhab from Al-Yamama.”