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The visit of the wife to herhusband while he was in Itikāf.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

33 - THE BOOK OF I'TIKĀF[i.e., to confine oneself in a mosque for Ṣalāt (prayers) and invocations leaving the worldly activities for a limited number of days].

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الحديث: 2038 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 50

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2038. Narrated 'Ali bin Al-Ḥusain (on the authority of Ṣafīyya, the Prophet's wife): The wives of the Prophet ﷺ were with him in the mosque (while he was in Itikāf) and then they departed and the Prophet ﷺ said to Ṣafīyya bint Ḥuyāi, "Don't hurry up, for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling was in the house of Usāma). The Prophet ﷺ went out and in the meantime two Anṣārī men met him and they looked at the Prophet ﷺ and passed by. The Prophet ﷺ said to them, "Come here. She is (my wife) Ṣafīyya bint Ḥuyāi." They replied, "Subḥān Allāh, (how dare we think of evil) O Allāh's Messenger! (We never expect anything bad from you)." The Prophet ﷺ 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."

Arabic text

2038 - حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا، أَنَّ صَفِيَّةَ، زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ ح وحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي المَسْجِدِ وَعِنْدَهُ أَزْوَاجُهُ فَرُحْنَ، فَقَالَ لِصَفِيَّةَ بِنْتِ حُيَيٍّ لاَ تَعْجَلِي حَتَّى أَنْصَرِفَ مَعَكِ، وَكَانَ بَيْتُهَا فِي دَارِ أُسَامَةَ، فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَهَا، فَلَقِيَهُ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَنَظَرَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ثُمَّ أَجَازَا، وَقَالَ لَهُمَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَعَالَيَا إِنَّهَا صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ حُيَيٍّ»، قَالاَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَجْرِي مِنَ الإِنْسَانِ مَجْرَى الدَّمِ، وَإِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُلْقِيَ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمَا شَيْئًا»

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