Volume 2, Book 23, Number 482:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
A delegation of the tribe of ‘Abdul Qais came to the Prophet and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! We are
from the tribe of Rabi’a, and the infidels of the tribe of Mudar stands between us and you; so we can –
not come to you except during the Sacred Months. Please order us to do something (religious deeds)
which we may carry out and also invite to it our people whom we have left behind.” The Prophet
said, “I order you to do four things and forbid you four others: (I order you) to have faith in Allah,
and confess that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, (and the Prophet gestured with his
hand like this (i.e. one knot) and to offer prayers perfectly and to pay the Zakat, and to pay one-fifth
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of the booty in Allah’s Cause. And I forbid you to use Dubba’, Hantam, Naqir and Muzaffat (all these
are the names of utensils used for preparing alcoholic drinks).”

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 465:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) was asked about the children of (Mushrikeen) pagans. The Prophet
replied, “Since Allah created them, He knows what sort of deeds they would have done.”

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 477:
Narrated Ibn Abbas.:
Abu Lahab, may Allah curse him, once said to the Prophet (p.b.u.h), “Perish you all the day.”
Then the Divine Inspiration came: “Perish the hands of Abi Lahab! And perish he!” (111.1).

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 478:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Thy Prophet sent Muadh to Yemen and said, “Invite the people to testify that none has the right to
be worshipped but Allah and I am Allah’s Apostle, and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that
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Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in every day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they
obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from
their property and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor.”

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 443:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves, and those two persons (in the graves) were being tortured.
He said, “They are being tortured not for a great thing (to avoid). One of them never saved himself
from being soiled with his urine, while the other was going about with calumnies (to make enmity
between friends). He then took a green leaf of a date-palm tree split it into two pieces and fixed one
on each grave. The people said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Why have you done so?” He replied, “I hope that
their punishment may be lessened till they (the leaf) become dry.”

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 460:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves and said, “They (the deceased persons in those graves) are
being tortured not for a great thing to avoid.” And then added, “Yes, (they are being punished for a
big sin), for one of them used to go about with calumnies while the other never saved himself from
being soiled with his urine.” (Ibn Abbas added): Then he took a green leaf of a date-palm) and split it
into two pieces and fixed one piece on each grave and said, “May their punishment be abated till
these (two pieces) get dry.”
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Volume 2, Book 23, Number 424:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet (p.b.u.h) offered the funeral prayer of a man one night after he was buried, he and his
companions stood up (for the Prayer). He had asked them about him before standing, saying, “Who is
this?” They said, “He is so and so and was buried last night.” So all of them offered the funeral prayer.

Volume 2, Book 23, Number 432:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, “Allah has made Mecca a sanctuary (sacred place) and it was a sanctuary before
me and will be so after me. It was made legal for me (to fight in it) for a few hours of the day. None is
allowed to uproot its thorny shrubs or to cut its trees or to chase its game or to pick up its fallen
things except by a person who announces it publicly.” On that Al-Abbas said (to the Prophet), “Ex –
cept Al-Idhkhir for our goldsmiths and for our graves.” And so the Prophet added, “Except Al-Id –
hkhir. ” And Abu Huraira narrated that the Prophet said, “Except Al-Idhkhir for our graves and
houses.” And Ibn Abbas said, “For their goldsmiths and houses.”