—and would you acknowledge the right that is his?”
They replied, “Yes.”
He said, “Then I am your Prophet’s uncle; I am even more entitled to your honour.”
So ʿUmar addressed the people and they gave him what he asked for. (1)

I (the author) say: Al-ʿAbbās never ceased to feel compassion for the Prophet ﷺ, to love him, and to endure harm on his behalf, even though he had not yet accepted Islam. On the night of al-ʿAqaba he was recognised; he stood by his nephew throughout the night and secured pledges for him from the seventy delegates. Later he set out to Badr with his kinsmen against his will, was taken captive, and there disclosed that he had already embraced Islam. Afterwards he returned to Mecca—yet I do not know why he remained there!

There is then no mention of him at the Battle of Uḥud, nor at the Battle of the Trench; he did not march with Abū Sufyān, and, so far as I am aware, Quraysh said nothing to him about it.

He eventually came to the Prophet ﷺ as an emigrant shortly before the Conquest of Mecca, though the exact timing of his arrival is not firmly established for us.

ʿUmar once wished to buy his house for its value so that it could be incorporated into the Prophet’s Mosque, but al-ʿAbbās refused, and the two of them brought their case to Ubayy ibn Kaʿb … The story (2) is well known; in the end he donated the house without taking any payment. (3)

It is also reported that ʿUmar removed a waterspout belonging to al-ʿAbbās that projected over the public thoroughfare. Al-ʿAbbās said to him, “I testify that it was the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who placed it where it is.” ʿUmar then swore, “You shall climb onto my back and restore it to its place.” (4)

A weak report relates that the Prophet ﷺ looked toward the Pleiades and then said, “O—