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Content of this page is taken from http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/
Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 15:
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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