Abdullah ibn Abbas, Interpreter of the Quran: Companion in Islamic History

Companion

CompanionInterpreter of the Quran

Abdullah ibn Abbasعبد الله بن عباس

c. 619 to 687 CEApproximate dateTa'if

The Prophet's young cousin, for whom he prayed to be given understanding of the Quran.

Ibn Abbas was about thirteen when the Prophet ﷺ died. He then went from Companion to Companion, waiting at doors to learn every hadith. Umar seated him among the elders for his insight. He became the founder of tafsir, teaching in Makkah and Ta'if, and is called 'the interpreter of the Quran'.

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 75

What grew out of it?

Most classical tafsir begins with what Ibn Abbas said.

The lesson

Humble persistence turns a young student into a teacher of nations.

Who else is linked?

Ta'if Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib Umm al-Fadl Lubabah Umar ibn al-Khattab Ata ibn Abi Rabah Mujahid ibn Jabr Ikrimah mawla Ibn Abbas Sa'id ibn Jubayr

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺ The Three Who Stayed Behind Zayd ibn Haritha Constans II Yazdegerd III Jabalah ibn al-Ayham Al-Muqawqis Heraclius

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.