Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah said, “No one of the age could match Ibn ʿAbbās in his time, nor al-Shaʿbī in his time, nor al-Thawrī in his time.”

Abū ʿĀmir al-Khazzāz relates from Ibn Abī Mulayka: “I accompanied Ibn ʿAbbās on the road from Mecca to Medina. On the journey he would perform only two units of prayer, and whenever we halted he would stand for half the night, reciting the Quran deliberately, letter by letter, his recitation frequently broken by sobs and wailing.”

Muʿtamar ibn Sulaymān narrates from Shuʿayb ibn Dirham, from Abū Rajāʾ: “I once saw Ibn ʿAbbās, and beneath his eyes were tracks of tears like a frayed sandal-strap.”

ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaffāf narrates from Abū Umayyah ibn Yaʿlā, from Saʿīd ibn Abī Saʿīd, who said: “I was sitting with Ibn ʿAbbās when a man arrived and asked, ‘O Ibn ʿAbbās, how do you fast?’ He replied, ‘I fast on Monday and Thursday.’ The man said, ‘Why those days?’ He answered, ‘Because deeds are presented on those two days, and I love that my deed be raised while I am fasting.’ (1)”

Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Rāzī said, “I heard Abū Sinān narrate from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit that Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī went to Muʿāwiyah and complained of a debt, yet did not receive the response he hoped for. He then traveled to Basra and stayed with Ibn ʿAbbās, who cleared a room for him and said, ‘I shall treat you as you treated the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him.’ He then asked, ‘How much is your debt?’ Abū Ayyūb replied, ‘Twenty thousand.’ So Ibn ʿAbbās gave him forty thousand, twenty slaves, and everything that was in the house. (2)"

(1) The chain of transmission is weak because of the weakness of Abu Umayya b. Ya‘la—his full name is Isma‘il b. Ya‘la al-Thaqafi al-Basri. Yahya (ibn Ma‘in) says: “He is weak; his hadith is of no value,” and on another occasion: “His narrations are to be abandoned.” Al-Nasa’i and al-Daraqutni likewise judge him “abandoned,” while al-Bukhari states, “The scholars remained silent about him.” Ibn ‘Abbas’s practice, however, is authentically traced back to the Prophet. Al-Tirmidhi (no. 747) reports from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Deeds are presented (to Allah) on Mondays and Thursdays, and I like my deed to be presented while I am fasting.” Al-Tirmidhi grades the hadith “hasan” (sound). It is corroborated by the hadith of Usama b. Zayd in Abu Dawud (no. 2436) and al-Nasa’i, 4/201-202, whose chain is sound, and by the hadith of Hafsa in al-Nasa’i, 4/203-204. (2) All the transmitters are reliable, but the chain is interrupted. Abu Sinan here is Sa‘id b. Sinan al-Shaybani al-Asghar.
قَالَ سُفْيَانُ بنُ عُيَيْنَةَ: لَمْ يُدْرَكْ مِثْلُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي زَمَانِهِ، وَلاَ مِثْلُ الشَّعْبِيِّ فِي زَمَانِهِ، وَلاَ مِثْلُ الثَّوْرِيِّ فِي زَمَانِهِ. أَبُو عَامِرٍ الخَزَّازُ: عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ: صَحِبتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى المَدِيْنَةِ، فَكَانَ يُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا نَزَلَ، قَامَ شَطْرَ اللَّيْلِ، وَيُرَتِّلُ القُرْآنَ حَرْفاً حَرْفاً، وَيُكْثِرُ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّشِيْجِ وَالنَّحِيْبِ. مُعْتَمِرُ بنُ سُلَيْمَانَ: عَنْ شُعَيْبِ بنِ دِرْهَمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَسفَلَ مِنْ عَيْنَيْهِ مِثْلُ الشِّرَاكِ البَالِي مِنَ البُكَاءِ. عَبْدُ الوَهَّابِ الخَفَّافُ: عَنْ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ بنِ يَعْلَى، عَنْ سَعِيْدِ بنِ أَبِي سَعِيْدٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَجَاءهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! كَيْفَ صَومُكَ؟ قَالَ: أَصُومُ الاثْنَيْنِ وَالخَمِيْسَ. قَالَ: وَلِمَ؟ قَالَ: لأَنَّ الأَعمَالَ تُرْفَعُ فِيْهِمَا، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ عَمَلِي وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ (١) . إِسْحَاقُ بنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّازِيُّ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سِنَانٍ، عَنْ حَبِيْبِ بنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ: أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوْبَ الأَنْصَارِيَّ أَتَى مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَشَكَا دَيْناً، فَلَمْ يَرَ مِنْهُ مَا يُحِبُّ، فَقَدِمَ البَصْرَةَ، فَنَزَلَ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَفَرَّغَ لَهُ بَيْتَهُ، وَقَالَ: لأَصْنَعَنَّ بِكَ كَمَا صَنَعتَ بِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَمْ دَيْنُكَ؟ قَالَ: عِشْرُوْنَ أَلْفاً. فَأَعْطَاهُ أَرْبَعِيْنَ أَلْفاً، وَعِشْرِيْنَ مَمْلُوْكاً، وَكُلَّ مَا فِي البَيْتِ (٢) .
(١) إسناده ضعيف لضعف أبي أمية بن يعلى، واسمه إسماعيل بن يعلى الثقفي البصري، قال يحيى: ضعيف، ليس حديثه بشيء، وقال مرة: متروك الحديث، وقال النسائي والدارقطني: متروك، وقال البخاري: سكتوا عنه. وفعل ابن عباس ثابت عن النبي ﷺ، فقد روى الترمذي (٧٤٧) من حديث أبي هريرة عن رسول الله ﷺ قال: " تعرض الاعمال يوم الاثنين والخميس، فأحب أن يعرض عملي وأنا صائم " وهو حديث حسن كما قال الترمذي، فإن له شاهدا من حديث أسامة بن زيد عند أبي داود (٢٤٣٦) والنسائي ٤ / ٢٠١، ٢٠٢ وسنده حسن، ومن حديث حفصة عند النسائي ٤ / ٢٠٣، ٢٠٤. (٢) رجاله ثقات إلا أنه منقطع، أبو سنان: هو سعيد بن سنان الشيباني الاصغر.

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