عَنِ العَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ رَضيَ اللهُ عنهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُهُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. قَالَ: «سَلِ اللَّهَ العَافِيَةَ»، فَمَكَثْتُ أَيَّامًا ثُمَّ جِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَسْأَلُهُ اللَّهَ. فَقَالَ لِي: «يَا عَبَّاسُ، يَا عَمَّ رَسُولِ اللهِ، سَلِ اللَّهَ العَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةِ».
Kutoka kwa Al-Abbasi bin Abdil Muttwalib radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake amesema: Nilisema: Ewe Mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, nifundishe kitu nitakachomuomba Mwenyezi Mungu Mtukufu. Akasema: "Muombe Allah afya", nikakaa siku kadhaa kisha nikarudi, nikasema: Ewe Mjumbe wa Mwenyezi Mungu, nifundishe kitu ambacho nitamuomba Mwenyezi Mungu. Akasema kuniambia: "Ewe Abbasi, ewe ami yake na Mjume wa Mwenyezi Mungu, muombe Mwenyezi Mungu afya katika Dunia na Akhera".
Al-‘Abbās ibn ‘Abdul-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may ask Allah Almighty for." He said: "Ask Allah for safety." After some days, I went to him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may ask Allah for." He said to me: "O ‘Abbās, O uncle of the Messenger of Allah, ask Allah for safety in this life and the Hereafter."