[Machine] When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed away, I said to a man from the Ansar, "Come, let us ask the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , for today they are many.” He said, astonished, "Oh Ibn Abbas, do you think people are in need of you while there are companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ among the people?" He said, "So I left that and approached to ask the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and if the narration reached me from a person, I would go to his door, leaning my shawl against it while the wind blew dust on me. Then he would come out and see me, and he would say, 'O cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , what brought you? Why didn't you send someone to come to me?' I would say, 'I am more deserving to come to you.'" He said, "So I would ask him about the hadith and this Ansari man lived until he saw me and the people gathered around me to ask me, and he would say, 'This young boy was more intelligent than me.'"
لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُلْتُ لِرَجُلٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ هَلُمَّ فَلْنَسْأَلْ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَإِنَّهُمُ الْيَوْمَ كَثِيرٌ فَقَالَ وَاعَجَبًا لَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَتَرَى النَّاسَ يَفْتَقِرُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَفِي النَّاسِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ فِيهِمْ قَالَ «فَتَرَكْتُ ذَاكَ وَأَقْبَلْتُ أَسْأَلُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَإِنْ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنِي الْحَدِيثُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ فَآتِي بَابَهُ وَهُوَ قَائِلٌ فَأَتَوَسَّدُ رِدَائِي عَلَى بَابِهِ يَسْفِي الرِّيحُ عَلَيَّ مِنَ التُّرَابِ فَيَخْرُجُ فَيَرَانِي» فَيَقُولُ يَا ابْنَ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ؟ هَلَّا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَآتِيَكَ؟ فَأَقُولُ «لَا أَنَا أَحَقُّ أَنْ آتِيَكَ» قَالَ فَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْحَدِيثِ فَعَاشَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ حَتَّى رَآنِي وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ حَوْلِي يَسْأَلُونِي فَيَقُولُ «هَذَا الْفَتَى كَانَ أَعْقَلَ مِنِّي»