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Sahaba_37_Abdullah_Abbas, page : 5
The Companion Ataa recalled the time when groups of people went to visit Abdullah.
They inquired about a diversity of subjects including poetry, ancestry and battles. Each
group was given their answer and their thirst for knowledge was satisfied. On other
occasions he would be found solving problems relating to the laws of inheritance or even
mathematics. It was an accepted and a well known fact that no one’s answer was more
dependable than that of Abdullah. When it came to questions concerning previous
scriptures Abdullah’s knowledge was never found to be lacking.
It was the collective opinion of the Companions that none knew the hadith of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, or the verdicts of Caliphs Abu Bakr, Omar and
Othman better than Abdullah.
When Abdullah passed away a great feeling of loss descended upon Abdullah’s
contempories so much so that Jabir mournfully said, “The most knowledgeable and
tolerant of all people has passed away. By his demise this nation has been afflicted
with
a calamity that can never be redressed.” Added to this statement of grief Rafi, son of
Khudayj commented, “The peoples of the East and West were dependent for their
knowledge upon the one who has passed away today.”
They inquired about a diversity of subjects including poetry, ancestry and battles. Each
group was given their answer and their thirst for knowledge was satisfied. On other
occasions he would be found solving problems relating to the laws of inheritance or even
mathematics. It was an accepted and a well known fact that no one’s answer was more
dependable than that of Abdullah. When it came to questions concerning previous
scriptures Abdullah’s knowledge was never found to be lacking.
It was the collective opinion of the Companions that none knew the hadith of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, or the verdicts of Caliphs Abu Bakr, Omar and
Othman better than Abdullah.
When Abdullah passed away a great feeling of loss descended upon Abdullah’s
contempories so much so that Jabir mournfully said, “The most knowledgeable and
tolerant of all people has passed away. By his demise this nation has been afflicted
with
a calamity that can never be redressed.” Added to this statement of grief Rafi, son of
Khudayj commented, “The peoples of the East and West were dependent for their
knowledge upon the one who has passed away today.”