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nasai-kubra:4163Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Al ʿAbbas bin ʿAbdul-Muttalib asked the permission of Messenger of Allah ﷺ to let him stay in Mecca during the nights of Mina in order to provide the pilgrims with water to drink, so the Prophet ﷺ permitted him. (Using translation from Bukhārī 1634)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤١٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«رَخَّصَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ أَيَّامَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:1634ʿAbdullāh b. Abū al-Aswad > Abū Ḍamrah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > Āstaʾdhan

Al ʿAbbas bin ʿAbdul-Muttalib asked the permission of Messenger of Allah ﷺ to let him stay in Mecca during the nights of Mina in order to provide the pilgrims with water to drink, so the Prophet ﷺ permitted him.  

البخاري:١٦٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي الأَسْوَدِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ضَمْرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

اسْتَأْذَنَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ ؓ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

muslim:1315a[Chain 1] Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Numayr And ʾAbū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar [Chain 2] Ibn Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that al-'A'bbas b. Abd al-Muttalib (Allah be pleased with him) sought permission from Messenger of Allah ﷺ to spend in Mecca the nights (which be was required to spend) at Mina on account of his office of supplier of water, and he (the Holy Prophet) granted him permission.  

مسلم:١٣١٥aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

abudawud:1959ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Numayr And ʾAbū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Al-'Abbas sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to pass the night at Mecca during the period of his stay at Mina for distributing water among the people. He gave him permission.  

أبو داود:١٩٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

اسْتَأْذَنَ الْعَبَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

ibnmajah:3065ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“Abbas bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to stay overnight in Makkah on the nights of Mina for the purpose of supplying water to the pilgrims, and he gave him permission.  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٦٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

اسْتَأْذَنَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ أَيَّامَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

ibnmajah:3066ʿAlī b. Muḥammad And Hannād b. al-Sarī > Abū Muʿāwiyah > Ismāʿīl b. Muslim > ʿAṭāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

“The Prophet ﷺ did not allow anyone to stay overnight in Makkah apart from ‘Abbas, for the purpose of supplying water to the pilgrims.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٠٦٦حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَهَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمْ يُرَخِّصِ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأَحَدٍ يَبِيتُ بِمَكَّةَ إِلاَّ لِلْعَبَّاسِ مِنْ أَجْلِ السِّقَايَةِ  

ahmad:5613Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Al-'Abbas sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to pass the night at Mecca during the period of his stay at Mina for distributing water among the people. He gave him permission. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1959)   

أحمد:٥٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَذِنَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ اسْتَأْذَنَ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

ahmad:4691Yaḥyá > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Lā Aʿlamuh Illā > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] That Abbas sought permission from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to stay in Mecca during the days of Mina for the purpose of providing water, so he granted him permission.  

أحمد:٤٦٩١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ قَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ أَيَّامَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ السِّقَايَةِ فَرَخَّصَ لَهُ  

ahmad:4731Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

“Abbas bin ‘Abdul-Muttalib asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission to stay overnight in Makkah on the nights of Mina for the purpose of supplying water to the pilgrims, and he gave him permission. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3065)  

أحمد:٤٧٣١حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

اسْتَأْذَنَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ  

ذِكْرُ الْإِبَاحَةِ لِلْعَبَّاسِ، وَأَهْلِهِ أَنْ يُبَيِّتُوا بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِي مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِمْ

ibnhibban:3889al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr from my father > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that al-'A'bbas b. Abd al-Muttalib (Allah be pleased with him) sought permission from Messenger of Allah ﷺ to spend in Mecca the nights (which be was required to spend) at Mina on account of his office of supplier of water, and he (the Holy Prophet) granted him permission. (Using translation from Muslim 1315a)  

ابن حبّان:٣٨٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ لَيَالِيَ مِنَى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ لِلْعَبَّاسِ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَمْرُ رُخْصَةٍ، وَنَدْبٍ دُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ حَتْمًا وَإِيجَابًا

ibnhibban:3890ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Yūnus > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ allowed Abbas to stay in Makkah during the days of Mina because of his role as a water provider."  

ابن حبّان:٣٨٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ رَخَّصَ لِلْعَبَّاسِ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِمَكَّةَ أَيَّامَ مِنًى مِنْ أَجْلِ سِقَايَتِهِ»