Ibn Abbas said, "Thursday, and what a Thursday it was!" Then he wept until his tears wet the pebbles.I asked, "Ibn Abbas, what happened on Thursday?"He replied, "The Messenger of Allah's ﷺ illness grew severe, and he said, 'Bring me writing materials so I may write for you a document after which you will never go astray.' But the people fell into dispute, and there should be no dispute in the presence of a prophet. They said, 'What is wrong with him? Is he delirious? Ask him to clarify.'He said, 'Leave me be. The state I am in is better than what you are calling me to. I leave you with three instructions. Expel the polytheists from the Arabian Peninsula, give gifts to visiting delegations as I used to give them.'"Ibn Abbas said, "He remained silent about the third, or perhaps he stated it but I have forgotten."
قال ابن عباس: يوم الخميس، وما يوم الخميس، ثم بكى حتى بل دمعه الحصى، فقلت: يا ابن عباس وما يوم الخميس؟ قال: اشتد برسول الله ﷺ وجعه، فقال: ائتوني أكتب لكم كتابا لا تضلوا بعدي، فتنازعوا وما ينبغي عند نبي تنازع وقالوا: ما شأنه أهجر؟ استفهموه، قال: دعوني فالذي أنا فيه خير أوصيكم بثلاث: أخرجوا المشركين من جزيرة العرب، وأجيزوا الوفد بنحو ما كنت أجيزهم قال: وسكت عن الثالثة، أو قالها، فأنسيتها.
Bukhari reported it in the Maghazi (4431) and Muslim in the Wasiyyah (1637: 20), both of them via Sufyan (he is Ibn Uyayna), from Sulayman al-Ahwal, from Saeed bin Jubayr, who said, Ibn Abbas said, then he mentioned it.The one who fell silent was Ibn Abbas, and the one who forgot was Saeed bin Jubayr.Muhallab said, the third matter was the preparation of the army of Usama.