Retiring to a Mosque
for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 242:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
Allah's Apostle used to practise Itikaf
in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 243:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet
used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan till he
died and then his wives used to practice Itikaf after him.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 244:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf
in the middle ten days of Ramadan and once he stayed in Itikaf
till the night of the twenty-first and it was the night in the
morning of which he used to come out of his Itikaf. The Prophet
said, "Whoever was in Itikaf with me should stay in Itikaf for
the last ten days, for I was informed (of the date) of the Night
(of Qadr) but I have been caused to forget it. (In the dream) I
saw myself prostrating in mud and water in the morning of that
night. So, look for it in the last ten nights and in the odd
ones of them." It rained that night and the roof of the mosque
dribbled as it was made of leaf stalks of date-palms. I saw with
my own eyes the mark of mud and water on the forehead of the
Prophet (i.e. in the morning of the twenty-first).
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 245:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to (put) bend his head
(out) to me while he was in Itikaf in the mosque during my
monthly periods and I would comb and oil his hair.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 246:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah's
Apostle used to let his head in (the house) while he was in the
mosque and I would comb and oil his hair. When in Itikaf he used
not to enter the house except for a need.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 247:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to embrace me during
my menses. He also used to put his head out of the mosque while
he was in Itikaf, and I would wash it during my menses.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 248:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Umar asked the Prophet "I vowed in the
Pre-lslamic period of ignorance to stay in Itikaf for one night
in Al-Masjid al-Haram." The Prophet said to him, "Fulfill your
vow."
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 249:
Narrated 'Amra:
Aisha said, "the Prophet used to
practice Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan and I used to
pitch a tent for him, and after offering the morning prayer, he
used to enter the tent." Hafsa asked the permission of 'Aisha to
pitch a tent for her and she allowed her and she pitched her
tent. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw it, she pitched another tent.
In the morning the Prophet noticed the tents. He said, 'What is
this?" He was told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet
said, "Do you think that they intended to do righteousness by
doing this?" He therefore abandoned the Itikaf in that month and
practiced Itikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 250:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet intended to practice Itikaf
and when he reached the place where he intended to perform
Itikaf, he saw some tents, the tents of 'Aisha, Hafsa and
Zainab. So, he said, "Do you consider that they intended to do
righteousness by doing this?" And then he went away and did not
perform Itikaf (in Ramadan) but performed it in the month of
Shawwal for ten days.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 251:
Narrated Ali bin Al-Husain:
Safiya, the wife of the Prophet told me
that she went to Allah's Apostle to visit him in the mosque
while he was in Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had
a talk with him for a while, then she got up in order to return
home. The Prophet accompanied her. When they reached the gate of
the mosque, opposite the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were
passing by and they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told them: Do
not run away! And said, "She is (my wife) Safiya bint Huyai."
Both of them said, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any
evil) O Allah's Apostle!" And they felt it. The Prophet said (to
them), "Satan reaches everywhere in the human body as blood
reaches in it, (everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest
Satan might insert an evil thought in your minds."
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 252:
Narrated Abu Salama bin 'Abdur-Rahman:
I asked Abu Said Al-Khudri, "Did you
hear Allah's Apostle talking about the Night of Qadr?" He
replied in the affirmative and said, "Once we were in Itikaf
with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days of (Ramadan) and we
came out of it in the morning of the twentieth, and Allah's
Apostle- delivered a sermon on the 20th (of Ramadan) and said,
'I was informed (of the date) of the Night of Qadr (in my dream)
but had forgotten it. So, look for it in the odd nights of the
last ten nights of the month of Ramadan. I saw myself
prostrating in mud and water on that night (as a sign of the
Night of Qadr). So, whoever had been in Itikaf with Allah's
Apostle should return for it.' The people returned to the mosque
(for Itikaf). There was no trace of clouds in the sky. But all
of a sudden a cloud came and it rained. Then the prayer was
established (they stood for the prayer) and Allah's Apostle
prostrated in mud and water and I saw mud over the forehead and
the nose of the Prophet.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 253:
Narrated 'Aisha:
One of the wives of Allah's Apostle
practiced Itikaf with him while she ad bleeding in between her
periods and she would see red (blood) or yellowish traces, and
sometimes we put a tray beneath her when she offered the prayer.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 254:
Narrated 'Ali bin Al-Husain (from
Safiya, the Prophet's wife):
The wives of the Prophet were with him
in the mosque (while he was in Itikaf) and then they departed
and the Prophet said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up, for
I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was in the house of
Usama). The Prophet went out and in the meantime two Ansari men
met him and they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The
Prophet said to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Safiya bint
Huyai." They replied, "Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil)
O Allah's Apostle! (we never expect anything bad from you)." The
Prophet replied, "Satan circulates in the human being as blood
circulates in the body, and I was afraid lest Satan might insert
an evil thought in your minds."
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 255:
Narrated 'Ali bin Al-Husain from
Safiya:
Safiya went to the Prophet while he was
in Itikaf. When she returned, the Prophet accompanied her
walking. An Ansari man saw him. When the Prophet noticed him, he
called him and said, "Come here. She is Safiya. (Sufyan a
sub-narrator perhaps said that the Prophet had said, "This is
Safiya"). And Satan circulates in the body of Adam's offspring
as his blood circulates in it."
(A sub-narrator asked Sufyan, "Did
Safiya visit him at night?" He said, "Of course, at night.")
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 256:
Narrated Abu Said:
We practiced Itikaf with Allah's
Apostle in the middle ten days (of Ramadan). In the morning of
the twentieth (of Ramadan) we shifted our baggage, but Allah's
Apostle came to us and said, "Whoever was m Itikaf should return
to his place of Itikaf, for I saw (i.e. was informed about the
date of) this Night (of Qadr) and saw myself prostrating in mud
and water." When I returned to my place the sky was overcast
with clouds and it rained. By Him Who sent Muhammad with the
Truth, the sky was covered with clouds from the end of that day,
and the mosque which was roofed with leaf-stalks of date palm
trees (leaked with rain) and I saw the trace of mud and water
over the nose of the Prophet and its tip.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 257:
Narrated 'Amra bint 'Abdur-Rahman from
'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf
every year in the month of Ramadan. And after offering the
morning prayer, he used to enter the place of his Itikaf. 'Aisha
asked his permission to let her practice Itikaf and he allowed
her, and so she pitched a tent in the mosque. When Hafsa heard
of that, she also pitched a tent (for herself), and when Zainab
heard of that, she too pitched another tent. When, in the
morning, Allah's Apostle had finished the morning prayer, he saw
four tents and asked, "What is this?" He was informed about it.
He then said, "What made them do this? Is it righteousness?
Remove the tents, for I do not want to see them." So, the tents
were removed. The Prophet did not perform Itikaf that year in
the month of Ramadan, but did it in the last ten days of
Shawwal.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 258:
Narrated Abdullah bin Umar:
'Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I vowed in the Pre-lslamic period to perform Itikaf in
Al-Masjid-al-Haram for one night." The Prophet said, "Fulfill
your vow." So, he performed Itikaf for one night.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 259:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
that 'Umar had vowed in the Pre-lslamic
period to perform Itikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram. (A sub-narrator
thinks that 'Umar vowed to perform Itikaf for one night.)
Allah's Apostle said to 'Umar, "Fulfill your vow."
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 260:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet used to perform Itikaf
every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it was
the year of his death, he stayed in Itikaf for twenty days.
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 261:
Narrated 'Amra bint 'AbdurRahman from 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle mentioned that he would practice Itikaf in the
last ten days of Ramadan. 'Aisha asked his permission to perform
Itikaf and he permitted her. Hafsa asked 'Aisha to take his
permission for
Volume 3, Book
33, Number 262:
Narrated 'Urwa:
Aisha during her menses used to comb
and oil the hair of the Prophet while he used to be in Itikaf in
the mosque. He would stretch out his head towards her while she
was in her chamber.
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