The Prophet’s Supplication for Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both):An Inductive and Critical Study

Abstract

Abstract

This study aims to collect the hadiths in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and to examine them critically, with the aim of verifying the wording of the supplications reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The study consists of an introduction addressing the significance of the topic, the research problem, scope, and methodology. The researcher examined five hadiths, which comprise all the hadiths identified by the researcher that contain supplications for Ibn ‘Abbas. The study reached several significant findings, most notably that the Prophet’s supplication for Ibn ‘Abbas occurred on two occasions: on one occasion, he supplicated for him to be granted wisdom, and on another, he supplicated for him to be granted understanding of religion (fiqh). The researcher also arrived at other findings