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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 4994 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 298

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4994. It was narrated that Ṣāfiyyah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was performing I'tikāf, and I came to visit him one night. I spoke to him, then, I got up to leave. He got up to take me home," – as her home was in the house of Usāmah bin Zaid. – "Two men of the Ansār passed by, and when they saw the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ they hurried up. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Wait; she is Ṣāfiyyah bint Huyayy.' They said: 'Subhān Allāh, O Messenger of Allāh!' He said: 'The Shaitān flows through the son of Ādam like blood, and I was afraid that he may cast something into your hearts' or he said: 'some evil.'" (Ṣaḥīh)

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4994 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ صَفِيَّةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُعْتَكِفًا، فَأَتَيْتُهُ أَزُورُهُ لَيْلًا، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ وَقُمْتُ، فَانْقَلَبْتُ، فَقَامَ مَعِي لِيَقْلِبَنِي ، وَكَانَ مَسْكَنُهَا فِي دَارِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، فَمَرَّ رَجُلَانِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيَا النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْرَعَا، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «عَلَى رِسْلِكُمَا إِنَّهَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ» قَالَا: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ، فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ يَقْذِفَ فِي قُلُوبِكُمَا شَيْئًا» أَوْ قَالَ: «شَرًّا»

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It is allowed for a man to talk to his wife during I'tikāf.