Musnad Ahmad 2879

Translation

✧ "He heard Ibn Abbas saying that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand between my shoulders or he said on my shoulder, and then he said: 'O Allah, grant him understanding of the religion and teach him interpretation.'"

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• Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr

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  in مسند أحمد, p. 2908

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

   One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AH
   عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابة
   سمع
2. 2
   Saʿīd b. Jubayr al-Asadī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh); his narration from ʿĀʾishah, Abū Mūsā and the like is mursald. 95 AH, from al-Fallās: 94 AH
   سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍثقة ثبت فقيه ، وروايته عن عائشة وأبي موسى ونحوهما مرسلة
   أخبرني
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 132 AH, or 133 AH, Ibn Ḥibbān said: died before the year 144 AH, and it has been said: 135 AH, Ibn Saʿd said: died at the end of Abū al-ʿAbbās's caliphate or the beginning of Abū Jaʿfar's caliphate
   عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍصدوق
   عن
4. 4
   Zuhayr

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 172 AH, or: 173 AH, or: 174 AH, 177 AH
   زُهَيْرٌثقة ثبت
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Yaḥyá b. Ādam

   trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), virtuous (fāḍil)d. 203 AH
   يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَثقة حافظ فاضل
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

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