—the burial niche. ʿUthmān therefore dispatched the police to drive the people back from the Banū Hāshim until the clan could reach the grave, whereupon they themselves went down into it.

I saw that the Hibara mantle lying upon his bier had been torn to pieces by the crush of mourners. (1)

Al-Wāqidī said: ʿUbaydah bint Nābil narrated to me—on the authority of ʿĀʾishah bint Saʿd—who said:

A messenger from ʿUthmān came to us while we were at our country residence, ten miles from Madinah, announcing that al-ʿAbbās had passed away. My father set off at once, as did Saʿīd ibn Zayd, and Abū Hurayrah climbed down from the samura tree. A day later my father returned and said, “We could not get near his bier because of the sheer number of people; they crowded us out, and I had so wished to carry it.” (2)

Abbas ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Maʿbad reported: ʿUthmān was present at his washing, while the ones who actually washed him were ʿAlī, Ibn ʿAbbās, and his two brothers, Qutham and ʿUbayd Allah.

The women of the Banū Hāshim observed a full year of mourning.

Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiyah transmitted—from Layth, from Mujāhid, from [ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allah] (3) ibn ʿAbbās—that al-ʿAbbās emancipated seventy slaves at the time of his death. (4)

In al-Ḥākim’s al-Mustadrak it is recorded—through the chain of Muhammad ibn ʿUqbah, from Kurayb, from Ibn ʿAbbās—that “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to honor al-ʿAbbās with the respect accorded to a father.” (5)