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4970. Narrated Ibn 'Abbās رضي الله عنهم: 'Umar used to make me sit with the elderly men who had fought in the battle of Badr. Some of them felt it (did not like that) and said to 'Umar, "Why do you bring in this boy to sit with us while we have sons like him?" 'Umar replied, "Because of what you know of his position (i.e., his religious knowledge).” One day ‘Umar called me and made me sit in the gathering of those people; and I think that he called me just to show them (my religious knowledge). ‘Umar then asked them (in my presence), “What do you say about the interpretation of the Statement of Allāh :- ‘When there comes the Help of Allāh (to you O Muḥammad ﷺ against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah).’ (V.110:1) Some of them said, “We are ordered to praise Allāh and ask His forgiveness when Allāh’s Help and the Conquest (of Makkah) comes to us.” Some others kept quiet and did not say anything. On that, ‘Umar asked me, “Do you say the same, O Ibn ‘Abbās?” I replied, “No.” He said, “What do you say then?” I replied, “That is the sign of the death of Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ which Allāh informed him of. Allāh said : ‘When there comes the Help of Allāh (to you O Muḥammad ﷺ against your enemies) and the Conquest (of Makkah). So, glorify the praises of your Lord and ask His forgiveness. He is the One Who accepts the repentance and forgives.’ ” (V.110:3) On that ‘Umar said, “I do not know anything about it other than what you have said.” (111) SŪRAT TABBAT YADĀ ABI LAHAB or AL-MASAD (Perish the Two Hands of Abū Lahab or The Palm Fibre In the Name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.