Consuming without Extravagance or Haughtiness
Ibn Abbas on what to avoid when acquiring and consuming things you want.
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The Status of Dutifulness to the Mother [Tawbah]
Ibn Abbas on the status of dutifulness to the mother. Also includes evidence of his change of opinion on the issue of the possibility of repentance for the crime of deliberately killing a believer.
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Letting Elders Enter First
As per general repect to elders, the Salaf would let someone who is older enter first, contrary to common practice today.
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The Beauty in the Quran
Beautification is in reciting and living by the Quran, not decorating it.
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Seven Hundred Deadly Sins
Are the deadly sins only seven in number? Can lesser sins become major ones? Ibn Abbas explains.
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Respect for Scholars and Ahl Al-Bayt
An example of how the Companions understood the status of the scholars and the status of Ahl Al-Bayt.
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The Recommendation for Men to Smell Pleasant [wearing perfume]
It is reported from Abī Qilābah that when Ibn ‘Abbās – Allāh be pleased with him – went out to the masjid, the neighbors knew that he had passed due the pleasant scent [of perfume] that came from him. It is reported that ‘Abdullāh [Ibn Masʿūd] used to use perfume that had musk in it. […]
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The Trick of the Eyes
يَعْلَمُ خَآئِنَةَ ٱلْأَعْيُنِ وَمَا تُخْفِى ٱلصُّدُورُ Allah knows the fraud of the eyes, and all that the breasts conceal [Quran, Ghāfir (40):19] It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. ‘Abbās – Allāh be pleased with him – said, explaining this verse: A man is with a group of people when a woman passes. He shows them […]
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Don’t ask the Polytheists
Abdullāh b. ‘Abbās – Allāh be pleased with them – said: O Muslims, how can you ask the People of the Book [about their scripture] when the Book of Allāh that was revealed to your Prophet – Allāh’s peace and blessings be upon him – is the most recent news of Allāh; you recite it […]
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Wasted knowledge and rhyming prayers
Ibn ‘Abbās – Allāh be pleased with him – said, “Address the people once a week, and if you must do so more often, then twice; and if you have to do even more, then three times; and do not make people tired or bored with the Quran. Let me not find you coming to […]