About Ibn ʿAbbas: ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab used to treat Ibn ʿAbbas very favorably ʿAbdur Rahman bin ʿAuf said to him. "We also have sons that are equal to him (but you are partial to him.)" ʿUmar said, "It is because of his knowledge." Then ʿUmar asked Ibn ʿAbbas about the interpretation of the Verse:- 'When come the Help of Allah and the conquest (of Mecca) (110.1) Ibn ʿAbbas said. "It portended the death of Messenger of Allah ﷺ, which Allah had informed him of." ʿUmar said, "I do not know from this Verse but what you know."
عَنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} فَقَالَ أَجَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْلَمَهُ إِيَّاهُ قَالَ مَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ مَا تَعْلَمُ