Did Ibn 'Abbas take from the Isra'iliyyat?

Question : The issue of the Isra'iliyyat. The question regarding the Isra'iliyyat and their reliability. It is known that the Shaykh of Ibn 'Abbas was one who narrated many Isra'iliyyat.

Answer : We have already answered this question and responded to it previously, and we said that this indicates that what is mentioned about Ibn 'Abbas is not authentic, and that he only takes from things—he takes from them and asks questions. If they narrated something to him, he would take from what he neither affirms nor denies. There is a difference between asking and hearing an Isra'iliyyat, for example, where someone speaks words that our Shari'ah does not reject or agree with, and then reporting it, because the two are different.