Abdullah Ibn Abbas was the nephew of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the son of his uncle Abbas. When Abdullah was a youngster our Prophet would make dua for him asking Allah to give Abdullah a deep understanding of Islam and to let him understand things well. There was a very close connection between our Prophet (pbuh) and Abdullah. Often as a child he spent time in the company of our Prophet (pbuh). When our Prophet passed away, Abdullah, who was only thirteen years old, was very sad. Abdullah had a great zeal to learn about Islam so would sit in the company of the Sahabah, learning about Islam and about the teachings of our Prophet (pbuh). Often Abdullah would travel great distances even to learn a single hadith In one visit, he went to see a Sahabi who was asleep at the time. Abdullah did not want to disturb the Sahabi so decided that he would wait outside until the Sahabi woke up. When the Sahabi woke up he was very surprised to see Abdullah waiting for him covered in dust. Abdullah had been waiting a quite a while. The Sahabi asked, “Why did you not wake me up? You are the cousin of our Prophet (pbuh) and we would have come to see you if you had asked!” Abdullah ibn Abbas explained that he was a student and the Sahabi was his teacher so he did not want to disturb or inconvenience him. As time went on, Abdullah ibn Abbas became one of the most knowledgeable Sahabah and people would come from all over the world to learn from him. He was a great teacher from whom many people learned lost of information about Islam.