12 narrations of Ibn Abbas on women

12 narrations of Ibn Abbas the best commentator of Quran on women.

 

1. Killing noncombatants in war.

2. Charity on the behalf of mother who died.

3. Ishq of women

4. Umm Zufar the one who was given paradise on her patience.

5. Marrying the daughter to the man she wants.

6. Meaning of “men have a degree (of responsibility) over them”

7. Practice of Ibn Abbas on “men have a degree (of responsibility) over them”

8. Meaning of “And they (women) have rights similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable.)”

9. Protect yourself and your household (wives and children) from fire by teaching them Good manners/Behavior.

10. Intimacy

11. Ibn Abbas on divorce.

12. The Best deed closer to Allah is dutifulness to the mother.

 

1. Killing noncombatants in war.

 

Ibn Hajr said regarding a Lover of a girl, that when Prophet peace be upon him sent a سرية:

وقد روى النسائي والبيهقي في ” الدلائل ” بإسناد صحيح من حديث ابن عباس نحو هذه القصة وقال فيها : ” فقال إني لست منهم ، إني عشقت امرأة منهم فدعوني أنظر إليها نظرة – قال فيه – فضربوا عنقه ، فجاءت المرأة فوقعت عليه فشهقت شهقة أو شهقتين ثم ماتت ، فذكروا ذلك للنبي – صلى الله عليه وسلم – فقال : أما كان فيكم رجل رحيم ” ؟

 

It is narrated by an-Nisai and al Bayhaqi in “ad-Dalaail” with an authentic chain from Ibn Abbas a story like this, which states that he said: I am not from them (Bani Juzayma), I am the lover of a woman among them and i want to look at her. The narration states that he was killed (by a man) and that woman wept over him and died, Someone (complaint) in front of the Prophet peace be upon him and He said: There was no one (among you) who was merciful?.

 

[Fath al Bari, Kitab al Maghazi ch 64, Declared authentic by Ibn Hajr and al Albani in as-Saheeha no. 2594]

 

2. Charity on the behalf of mother who died.

 

Narrated Ibn `Abbas:

 

A man said to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) , “My mother died, will it benefit her if I give in charity on her behalf?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative. The man said, “I have a garden and I make you a witness that I give it in charity on her behalf.”

 

Sahih al-Bukhari 2770

 

3. Ishq of women

 

وقد رفع إلى ابن عباس وهو بعرفة شاب قد انتحل حتى عاد جلدا على عظم؛ فقال: ما شأن هذا؟ قالوا: به العشق، فجعل ابن عباس يستعيذ من العشق عامة يومه

 

Saydna ibn Abbas رضیﷲ عنه was in the Arafah when a young man brought to him who was very weak like his muscles got stick with his bones. so ibn Abbas asked: what happen to him? so he was told that this man has fallen in Ishq (extreme love) after hearing that ibn Abbas used to seek refuge from Ishq (extreme love) every day.

 

[al Da’a wa Al Dawa’a By Imam Ibn al Qayyim pg. 303, taken from Abdul Aziz Akhtar]

 

4. Umm Zufar the one who was given paradise on her patience.

 

Ibn Abbas informed Ata bin Abi Rabah that Prophet peace be upon him said to her about her illness “”If you endure it patiently, you will be rewarded with paradise”..

 

Ata said, “I saw this woman, Umm Zufar, on the steps of the Kabah. (She was) a black woman, tall in height”.

 

[Adab al Mufrad by Imam Bukhari Book 1, Hadith 505-6]

 

5. Marrying the daughter to the man she wants.

 

Ibn Abbas Ra said:

أن رجلاً قال : يا رسول الله ، في حجري يتيمة قد خطبها رجل موسر ورجل معدم ، فنحن نحب الموسر ، وهي تحب المعدم ، فقال – صلى الله عليه وسلم – : لم ير للمتحابين مثل النكاح

A Man said: O Messenger of Allah, I have raised an Orphan girl and there are two proposals for her, a Rich and a poor. I want her to marry the rich person but she wants to marry the poor one, what should I do?

the Messenger of Allah said: “There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.”

[Mustadrak al Haakim 2/160, Bayhaqi in Kitab al Nikah 7/78, al Albani authenticated in as-Saheeha and in Saheeh al Jaam`e]

 

6. Meaning of “men have a degree (of responsibility) over them”.

 

“And they (women) have rights (over their husbands as regards living expenses) similar (to those of their husbands) over them (as regards obedience and respect) to what is reasonable, but men have a degree (of responsibility) over them. And Allaah is All-Mighty, All-Wise”[al-Baqarah 2:228]

 

Ibn Atiya (d 546 h) mentioned:

فقال ابن عباس: ” تلك الدرجة إشارة إلى حض الرجال على حسن العشر والتوسع للنساء في المال والخلق ” ، أي إن الأفضل ينبغي أن يتحامل على نفسه، وهذا قول حسن بارع،

Ibn Abbas said: The word “Darja” is an indication to the men to be good to women and to open himself so that he may spend on them with their maal and aqkhlaaq, meaning he should burden himself with that (responsibility of spending and having good Akhlaaq with them), (Ibn Atiya commented) this saying is the best. [Tafsir al Muharrar wal wajeez under 2:228]

 

7. Practice of Ibn Abbas on “men have a degree (of responsibility) over them”.

 

at-Tabari narrated:

عن ابن عبـاس، قال: ما أحبّ أن أستنظف جميع حقـي علـيها، لأن الله تعالـى ذكره يقول: { وَللرّجالِ عَلَـيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ }.

 

Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه said :

“I do not like to invoke all of my rights over my wife due to the saying of Allah Almighty “Men have a degree (of responsibility) over them.”

 

(Tafsir al Tabari under 228)

 

8. Meaning of “And they (women) have rights similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable.)”

 

Ibn Jarir narrated from Ibn Abbas:

 

عن ابن عبـاس، قال: إنـي أحبّ أن أتزين للـمرأة، كما أحبّ أن تتزين لـي لأن الله تعالـى ذكره بقول: { وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَـيْهِن بـالـمَعْرُوفِ }.

Ibn `Abbas said, “I love to take care of my appearance for my wife just like I love that she beautifies herself for me.” This is because Allah says:

 

(And they (women) have rights similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable.)”

 

(Tafsir al Tabari and Tafsir Ibn Kathir under 2 : 228, Ahmad Shakir said: The chain is Authentic in Umda tul Tafsir an Hafid Ibn Kathir 1/277)

 

Ibn Jareer Al Tabari رحمه الله mentioned that the Tafsir of Ibn Abbas is number one in this regard, he said :

 

وأولى هذه الأقوال بتأويـل الآية ما قاله ابن عباس، وهو أن الدرجة التـي ذكر الله تعالى ذكره فـي هذا الـموضع الصفح من الرجل لامرأته عن بعض الواجب عليها، وإغضاؤه لها عنه، وأداء كل الواجب لها عليه، وذلك أن الله تعالـى ذكره قال: { وَللرّجالِ عَلَـيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ } عقيب قوله: { وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي عَلَـيْهُنَّ بالمَعْرُوف }

“Number one saying among these interpretations is what Ibn Abbas said that the degree which Allah mentioned in this verse is, a man should excuse his wife from some of her obligations, he should be lenient regarding his rights over her, and HE MUST FULFILL ALL Of HIS OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS HER, as Allah mentioned: “men have a degree (of responsibility) over them.” And the saying “And they (women) have rights similar (to those of their husbands) over them to what is reasonable.)”

Tafsir al-Tabari 4776

 

9. Protect yourself and your household (wives and children) from fire by teaching them Good manners/Behavior.

 

Allah says:

 

O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire [66 : 6]

 

Mujahid the great student of the best Mufassir Ibn Abbas said:

قوا أنفسكم وأهليكم نارا قال يقول اتقوا الله عز وجل وأوصوا أهليكم بتقوى الله وأدبوهم

Meaning advice your household about fearing Allah and teach them Adab (Good manners/Behavior).

 

[Tafseer Imam Mujahid 2/683, Fath al Bari vol 11 Kitab al Tafseer Chapter 4]

 

10. Intimacy

 

Narrated Abdullah Ibn Abbas: The fact is that this clan of the Ansar, who were idolaters, lived in the company of the Jews who were the people of the Book. They (the Ansar) accepted their superiority over themselves in respect of knowledge, and they followed most of their actions. The people of the Book (i.e. the Jews) used to have intercourse with their women on one side alone (i.e. lying on their backs). This was the most concealing position for (the vagina of) the women. This clan of the Ansar adopted this practice from them. But this tribe of the Quraysh used to uncover their women completely, and seek pleasure with them from in front and behind and laying them on their backs.

 

When the muhajirun (the immigrants) came to Medina, a man married a woman of the Ansar. He began to do the same kind of action with her, but she disliked it, and said to him: We were approached on one side (i.e. lying on the back); do it so, otherwise keep away from me. This matter of theirs spread widely, and it reached the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

 

So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur’anic verse: “Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you will,” i.e. from in front, from behind or lying on the back. But this verse meant the place of the delivery of the child, i.e. the vagina.[Sunan Abi Dawud 2164]

 

Mujahid the student of Ibn Abbas said:

ثم تلا نساؤكم حرث لكم فأتوا حرثكم أنى شئتم قائمة وقاعدة ومقبلة ومدبرة في الفرج

He (Mujahid) recited 2 : 223 meaning (you can have sex while) standing, sitting, from front, from behind but in vagina. [Sunan ad-Darami no. 1175 authenticated by Abdul Mannan Rasikh]

 

al Qurtubi said:

هذه الأحاديث نصٌ في إباحة الحال والهيئات كلِّها إذا كان الوطء في موضع الحَرْث؛ أي كيف شئتم من خلفٍ ومَن قُدَّامٍ وباركةً ومستلقيةً ومضطجعةً؛

These ahadeeth are clear that it is allowed to (do sex) in ALL THE POSITIONS as far as it is in vagina, meaning in any position you want, whether from behind, from front, whether she is lying on back or front. [Tafsir al Qurtubi under 2:223]

 

 

11. Ibn Abbas on divorce.

 

Ibn ‘Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that the (pronouncement) of three divorces during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and that of Abu Bakr and two years of the caliphate of Umar (Allah be pleased with him) (was treated) as one.But Umar b. Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) said: Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite.So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them. (Sahih Muslim Book 9, Number 3491)

 

Ibn Hajar asqalani said:

وأخرج سعيد بن منصور عن أنس ” أن عمر كان إذا أتي برجل طلق امرأته ثلاثا أوجع ظهره ” وسنده صحيح

Saeed bin Mansoor mentioned from Anas that when someone was presented to Umar ra who gave three divorces to his wife, Umar would lash him on his back. Its chain is saheeh [Fath al Bari, Kitab at-Talaq chapter 3]

 

12. The Best deed closer to Allah is dutifulness to the mother.

 

‘Ata’ ibn Yasar said that a man came to Ibn ‘Abbas and said, “I asked a woman to marry me and she refused to marry me. Another man asked her and she agreed to marry him. I became jealous and killed her. Is there any way for me to repent?” He asked, “Is your mother alive?” “No,” he replied. He said, “repent to Allah Almighty and try to draw near Him as much as you can.”

So I went and asked Ibn `Abbas why he inquired about the man’s mother. He replied:

“I don’t know of a deed closer to Allah, Exalted and Majestic, other than dutifulness to the mother.”

 

Grade : Sahih (Al-Albani)

 

Reference : Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 4

In-book reference : Book 1,