1743 — Abū Bakr Abd Allāh ibn Muhammad al-Wāsitī also narrated to us: Abū Hishām al-Rifāʿī narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us: Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāʾida narrated to us, from Atiyya ibn Saʿd, who said: Kaʿb took hold of al-Abbās’s hand, may Allah be pleased with him, and said, “I have reserved this for your intercession.” Al-Abbās asked, “Will I have the power of intercession?” He replied, “Yes. There is no member of the Prophet’s household, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who will not have the power of intercession on the Day of Resurrection.” ⦗2262⦘

Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, may Allah Most High have mercy on him, said: Among the merits of al-Abbās, may Allah be pleased with him, is that, during the Year of Ashes, Umar ibn al-Khattāb, may Allah be pleased with him, sought rain through al-Abbās, and they were granted rain.