عن ابن عبَّاس رضي الله عنه قال: (بُعِثَ رسولُ الله ﷺ لأربعين سنةً، فمكثَ بمكةَ ثلاثَ عشْرةَ سنةً يُوحَى إليه، ثم أُمِر بالهجرةِ فهاجر عشْرَ سنين، ومات وهو ابنُ ثلاثٍ وستينَ سنةً)
16 - To know God’s Messenger
Ibn ‘Abbās narrated:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was given his message when he was forty years of age. He continued to live in Makkah receiving revelations for thirteen years. He was then commanded to migrate and he stayed in his place of migration for ten years. He passed away when he was sixty-three years old.
Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib
Abu al-‘Abbās ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās ibn ‘Abd al-Muṭṭalib, belonged to the Hāshim branch of the Quraysh and resided mostly in Madinah. He was born in the Hāshimī quarter in Makkah three years before the Prophet’s migration. He was the leading scholar of the Muslim community and the one who explained the Qur’an best. He was the Prophet’s cousin. He was nicknamed al-baḥr, which means ‘the sea’, because of his broad knowledge. The Prophet (peace be upon him) included him in his prayers, saying: ‘My Lord, grant him insight into the religion’. He was one of the Prophet’s companions who narrated a large number of hadiths. He embraced Islam at a young age and he remained very close to the Prophet after the takeover of Makkah. He lost his eyesight when he became old. He died at Taif in Year 68 AH 688 CE.
