In another narration he said:

“The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—pulled me to his chest and prayed:

‘O Allah, teach him the Book,’

and in one version,

‘O Allah, teach him wisdom.’

The answer to that supplication became manifest to such a degree that he came to be called ‘the Ocean’ for the breadth of his knowledge.

Ibn Masʿūd remarked about him, “Had Ibn ʿAbbās reached our years, none of us would have attained even a tenth of his knowledge.” ʿUmar would give him precedence and admit him to the gatherings of the senior Companions, and the learning of Ibn ʿAbbās is well-known throughout the ummah.

Both Ṣaḥīḥs also transmit—from Jābir, who said—“I was riding on a camel that had…"