The Prophet's Prayer for Understanding

One night the Prophet ﷺ went to relieve himself, and Ibn 'Abbas quietly set out water for his wudu'. When the Prophet ﷺ came back and asked who had done it, he was told it was Ibn 'Abbas. He raised his hands and said, "O Allah, give him understanding of the religion" (Sahih al-Bukhari 143).

In another narration the Prophet ﷺ embraced him and prayed that Allah teach him the Book (Sahih al-Bukhari 75). From these prayers Muslims have always understood his later place: a young man who became, by Allah's grant, a scholar to whom elders came with their questions.

Note the small act of service that came before the prayer. He did not ask for a blessing; he was quietly making things easier for someone he loved.