Volume 1, Book 10, Number 518:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
“The Prophet prayed eight Rakat for the Zuhr and ‘Asr, and seven for the Maghrib and ‘Isha pray –
ers in Medina.” Aiyub said, “Perhaps those were rainy nights.” Anas said, “May be.”
Volume 1, Book 10, Number 501:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
“Once a delegation of ‘Abdul Qais came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “We belong to such and such
branch of the tribe of Rab’a and we can only come to you in the sacred months. Order us to do some –
thing good so that we may (carry out) take it from you and also invite to it our people whom we
have left behind (at home).” The Prophet said, ” I order you to do four things and forbid you from
four things. (The first four are as follows):
1. To believe in Allah. (And then he: explained it to them i.e.) to testify that none has the right to be
worshipped but Allah and (Muhammad) am Allah’s Apostle
2. To offer prayers perfectly (at the stated times):
3. To pay Zakat (obligatory charity)
4. To give me Khumus
(The other four things which are forbidden are as follows):
1. Dubba
2. Hantam
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3. Muqaiyat
4. Naqir (all these are utensils used for the preparation of alcoholic drinks).”
Volume 1, Book 9, Number 472:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
Once I came riding a she-ass when I had just attained the age of puberty. Allah’s Apostle was of –
fering the prayer at Mina with no wall in front of him and I passed in front of some of the row.
There I dismounted and let my she-ass loose to graze and entered the row and nobody objected to
me about it.
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 456:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
“Allah’s Apostle in his fatal illness came out with a piece of cloth tied round his head and sat on the
pulpit. After thanking and praising Allah he said, “There is no one who had done more favor to me
with life and property than Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhafa. If I were to take a Khalil, I would certainly
have taken Abu- Bakr but the Islamic brotherhood is superior. Close all the small doors in this
mosque except that of Abu Bakr.”
Volume 1, Book 8, Number 391:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When the Prophet entered the Ka’ba, he invoked Allah in each and every side of it and did not
pray till he came out of it, and offered a two-Rak’at prayer facing the Ka’ba and said, “This is the
Qibla.”
Volume 1, Book 6, Number 326:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
A woman is al lowed to leave (go back home) if she gets menses (after Tawaf-AlIfada). Ibn ‘Umar
formerly used to say that she should not leave but later on I heard him saying, “She may leave, since
Allah’s Apostle gave them the permission to leave (after Tawaf-AlIfada.”
Volume 1, Book 5, Number 253:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet and Maimuna used to take a bath from a single pot.
Volume 1, Book 4, Number 217:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
The Prophet once passed by two graves and said, “These two persons are being tortured not for a
major sin (to avoid). One of them never saved himself from being soiled with his urine, while the
other used to go about with calumnies(to make enmity between friends).” The Prophet then took a
green leaf of a date-palm tree, split it into (pieces) and fixed one on each grave. They said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Why have you done so?” He replied, “I hope that their punishment might be lessened till
these (the pieces of the leaf) become dry.” (See the foot-note of Hadith 215).