English translation
2018. Narrated Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: Allah's Messenger ﷺ used to practise I'tikāf (in the mosque) in the middle third of Ramaḍān, and after passing the twenty nights he used to go back to his house on the 21st, and the people who were in I'tikāf with him also used to go back to their houses. Once in Ramaḍān, in which he practised I'tikāf, he established the night Ṣalāt (prayers) at the night in which he used to return home, and then he addressed the people and ordered them whatever Allāh wished him to order and said, "I used to practise I'tikāf for these ten days (i.e., the middle 1/3rd) but now I intend to stay in I'tikāf for the last ten days (of the month); so whoever was in I'tikāf with me should stay at his place of seclusion. Verily, I have been shown (the date of) this night (of Qadr) but I have forgotten it. So, search for it in the odd nights of the last ten days (of this month). I also saw myself (in the dream) prostrating in mud and water." On the night of the 21st (of Ramaḍān), the sky was overcast with clouds and it rained, and the rain-water started leaking through the roof of the mosque at the Muṣalla (praying place) of the Prophet ﷺ. I saw with my own eyes the Prophet ﷺ at the completion of the morning Ṣalāt leaving with his face covered with mud and water. [See H.No.2027].