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813. Narrated Abū Salama: Once I went to Abū Sa'īd Al-Khudrī رضي الله عنه and asked him, "Won't you come with us to the date-palm trees to have a talk?" So Abū Sa'īd went out and I asked him, "Tell me what you heard from the Prophet ﷺ about the Night of Qadr." Abū Sa'īd replied, "Once Allāh's Messenger ﷺ performed I'tikāf(1) (seclusion) on the first ten days of the month of
Ramaḍān and we did the same with him. Jibrīl (Gabriel) came to him and said, 'The night you are looking for is ahead of you.' So, the Prophet ﷺ performed the I'tikāf in the middle (second) ten days of the month of Ramaḍān and we too performed I'tikāf with him. Jibrīl came to him and said, 'The night which you are looking for is ahead of you.' In the morning of the 20th of Ramaḍān the Prophet ﷺ delivered a Khutba (religious talk) saying, 'Whoever has performed I'tikāf with me should continue it. I have been shown the Night of Qadr, but have forgotten its date, but it is in the odd nights of the last ten nights. I saw in my dream that I was prostrating in mud and water.' In those days the roof of the mosque was made of branches of date-palm trees. At that time the sky was clear and no cloud was visible, but suddenly a cloud came and it rained. The Prophet ﷺ led us in the Ṣalāt (prayer) and I saw the traces of mud on the forehead and on the nose of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ. So it was the confirmation of that dream."
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(1) (H.813) Seclusion in a mosque for the purpose of worshipping Allāh only. The one in such a state should not have sexual relations with his wife, and one is not allowed to leave the mosque except for a very short period, and that is only for very urgent necessity e.g., answering the call of nature or joining a funeral procession etc.
