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Whoever intended to practise I'tikāf and then changed his mind.

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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: 2045 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 51

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2045. Narrated 'Amra bint 'Abdur-Rahmān on the authority of 'Aīshah رضي الله عنها: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ mentioned that he would practise I'tikāf in the last ten days of Ramaḍān. 'Aīshah asked his permission to perform I'tikāf and he permitted her. Ḥafsa asked 'Aīshah to take his permission for her, and she did so. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw that, she ordered a tent to be pitched for her and it was pitched for her. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ used to proceed to his tent after the Ṣalāt (prayer). So, he saw the tents and asked, "What is this?" He was told that those were the tents of 'Aīshah, Ḥafsa and Zainab. Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Is it Al-Birr (righteousness) which they intended by doing so? I am not going to perform I'tikāf." So, he returned home. When the fasting month was over, he performed I'tikāf for ten days in the month of Shawwāl.

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2045 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي عَمْرَةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ذَكَرَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ العَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ، فَأَذِنَ لَهَا، وَسَأَلَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَائِشَةَ أَنْ تَسْتَأْذِنَ لَهَا، فَفَعَلَتْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ ذَلِكَ زَيْنَبُ ابْنَةُ جَحْشٍ أَمَرَتْ بِبِنَاءٍ، فَبُنِيَ لَهَا قَالَتْ: وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا صَلَّى انْصَرَفَ إِلَى بِنَائِهِ، فَبَصُرَ بِالأَبْنِيَةِ، فَقَالَ: «مَا هَذَا؟» قَالُوا: بِنَاءُ عَائِشَةَ، وَحَفْصَةَ، وَزَيْنَبَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَلْبِرَّ أَرَدْنَ بِهَذَا، مَا أَنَا بِمُعْتَكِفٍ»، فَرَجَعَ، فَلَمَّا أَفْطَرَ اعْتَكَفَ عَشْرًا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ

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