415 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: “The Prophet ﷺ came out humble, plainly dressed, full of reverence, walking deliberately and supplicating. He then performed two rakʿahs, as he does on the ʿĪd, without delivering a sermon like the one you give today.” Reported by the five compilers, and declared authentic by al-Tirmidhī, Abū ʿAwānah, and Ibn Ḥibbān.⦗1⦘
Degree of authenticity:
The hadith is ṣaḥīḥ (sound).
Al-Ḥāfiẓ said in at-Talkhīṣ: “It was transmitted by Aḥmad, the authors of the Sunan, Abū ʿAwānah, Ibn Ḥibbān, al-Ḥākim, ad-Dāraqutnī, and al-Bayhaqī, all through the chain of Hishām b. Isḥāq b. Kinānah from his father, from Ibn ʿAbbās, with each adding wording to the other.” Al-Tirmidhī commented: “A ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ (good and sound) hadith.”
Vocabulary in the hadith:
• mutawādiʿan: displaying outward humility and submission before Allah; the opposite of arrogance.
• mutabadhilan: from tabaddhul, abandoning adornment out of humility; he wore ordinary work clothes (thawb al-bidhla), the garments of labor.
• mutakhashiʿan: exhibiting khushūʿ (reverence) inwardly and outwardly—lowering the voice, averting the gaze, and submitting with heart and body.
• mutarassilan: walking in a measured, unhurried manner, bearing the marks of dignity and calm.