27. Book of the Companions

٢٧۔ كِتَابُ مَعْرِفَةِ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ

27.113 [Machine] The mention of the virtues of Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, the uncle of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and all his family.

٢٧۔١١٣ ذِكْرُ مَنَاقِبِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَلَى آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ

hakim:5398Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnbarī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-ʿAbdī > Yūsuf b. ʿAdī > Jarīr > Mughīrah b. Abū Razīn

[Machine] It was said to Al-Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib, "Which one of you is older, you or the Prophet ﷺ?" He replied, "He is older than me, and I was born before him."  

الحاكم:٥٣٩٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِيُ ثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْعَبْدِيُّ ثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ ثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ بْنِ أَبِي رَزِينٍ قَالَ

قِيلَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَيُّمَا أَكْبَرُ أَنْتَ أَمِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ؟ فَقَالَ «هُوَ أَكْبَرُ مِنِّي وَأَنَا وُلِدْتُ قَبْلَهُ»  

hakim:5399my father > al-Zubayr b. Bakkār

[Machine] "Al-Abbas was three years younger than the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He came to my mother and was told that Amina had given birth to a boy. She took me out by the hand in the morning, and we entered upon her. It was as if I were looking at him sucking on his toes in his cradle. The women started telling me and saying, 'Kiss your brother.' Al-Abbas passed away at the age of forty-four, when he was eighty-eight years old."  

الحاكم:٥٣٩٩فَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ ثَنَا جَدِّي ثَنَا الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ بَكَّارٍ قَالَ

«كَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ أَسَنَّ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ» أُتِيَ إِلَى أُمِّي فَقِيلَ لَهَا وَلَدَتْ آمِنَةُ غُلَامًا فَخَرَجَتْ بِي حِينَ أَصْبَحْتُ آخِذَةً بِيَدِي حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ يَمْصَعُ رِجْلَيْهِ فِي عَرْصَتِهِ وَجَعَلَ النِّسَاءُ يُحَدِّثْنَنِي وَيَقُلْنَ قَبِّلْ أَخَاكَ قَالَ وَمَاتَ الْعَبَّاسُ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَمَانٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً  

hakim:5400Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Aṣbahānī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Rustah > Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Muḥammad b. ʿUmar > Shuyūkhih

[Machine] That Abbas bin Abdul-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd Manaf is a cousin of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. His mother is Nuteila bint Khabbab bin Kulayb bin Malik bin Amr bin Amr bin Zaid bin Manat bin Amir Al-Khazrajiya. Abbas was also known as Abu Al-Fadl. Al-Fadl was his eldest son. Abbas was three years older than Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Abbas witnessed the conquests of Mecca, Hunayn, Taif, and Tabuk with Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He stayed with him on the day of Hunayn with his family when people abandoned him.  

الحاكم:٥٤٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رُسْتَةَ ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ

أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُمُّهُ نُتَيْلَةُ بِنْتُ خَبَّابِ بْنِ كُلَيْبِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ زَيْدِ مَنَاةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْخَزْرَجِيِّةُ وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ يُكَنَّى أَبَا الْفَضْلِ وَكَانَ الْفَضْلُ أَكْبَرَ مَنْ وَلَدِهِ وَكَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ وَشَهِدَ الْعَبَّاسُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ وَحُنَيْنًا وَالطَّائِفَ وَتَبُوكَ وَمَكَثَ مَعَهُ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ حِينَ انْكَشَفَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ  

hakim:5401al-Shaykh Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr

[Machine] "Umm al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib is Nuteila, the daughter of Khabbab ibn Kulayb ibn Malik ibn Amr ibn Amer ibn al-Namir ibn Qasit. Abbas was born three years before the Year of the Elephant."  

الحاكم:٥٤٠١أَخْبَرَنَا الشَّيْخُ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ

«أُمُّ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ نُتَيْلَةُ بِنْتُ خَبَّابِ بْنِ كُلَيْبِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ النَّمِرِ بْنِ قَاسِطٍ وُلِدَ الْعَبَّاسُ قَبْلَ الْفِيلِ بِثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ»  

hakim:5402ʿAlī b. Ḥamshādh > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Abū Nuʿaym al-Faḍl b. Dukayn > Zuhayr > Layth > Mujāhid > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

[Machine] Al-Abbas freed seventy slaves upon his death.  

الحاكم:٥٤٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ دُكَيْنٍ ثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ عَنْ لَيْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

«أَعْتَقَ الْعَبَّاسُ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ سَبْعِينَ مَمْلُوكًا»