ʿUmar bin Al-Khattab used to let Ibn ʿAbbas sit beside him, so ʿAbdurRahman bin ʿAuf said to ʿUmar, "We have sons similar to him." ʿUmar replied, "(I respect him) because of his status that you know." ʿUmar then asked Ibn ʿAbbas about the meaning of this Holy Verse:-- "When comes the help of Allah and the conquest of Mecca . . ." (110.1) Ibn ʿAbbas replied, "That indicated the death of Messenger of Allah ﷺ which Allah informed him of." ʿUmar said, "I do not understand of it except what you understand."
عَنْ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ {إِذَا جَاءَ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ وَالْفَتْحُ} فَقَالَ أَجَلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعْلَمَهُ إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ مَا أَعْلَمُ مِنْهَا إِلاَّ مَا تَعْلَمُ