Ṣaḥābī · Scholar
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās
عَبْدُ اللَّه بْن عَبَّاس
Ḥabr al-Ummah — the Scholar of the Ummah
c. 619 – 687 CE. Cousin of the Prophet ﷺ. Foundational voice in tafsīr; the Prophet ﷺ prayed for him to be taught taʾwīl.
Classical sources
Bukhārī 75 (the duʿāʾ) · Ibn Kathīr's Muqaddimah
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