Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 33:
Retiring
to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 242:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Umar:
Allah's Apostle
used to practise Itikaf in the last ten days of
the month of Ramadan.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 243:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) The Prophet used to practice Itikaf in
the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then
his wives used to practice Itikaf after him.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 244:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle
used to practice Itikaf in the middle ten days of
Ramadan and once he stayed in Itikaf till the
night of the twenty-first and it was the night in
the morning of which he used to come out of his
Itikaf. The Prophet said, "Whoever was in
Itikaf with me should stay in Itikaf for the last
ten days, for I was informed (of the date) of the
Night (of Qadr) but I have been caused to forget
it. (In the dream) I saw myself prostrating in mud
and water in the morning of that night. So, look
for it in the last ten nights and in the odd ones
of them." It rained that night and the roof
of the mosque dribbled as it was made of leaf
stalks of date-palms. I saw with my own eyes the
mark of mud and water on the forehead of the
Prophet (i.e. in the morning of the twenty-first).
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 245:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
(put) bend his head (out) to me while he was in
Itikaf in the mosque during my monthly periods and
I would comb and oil his hair.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 246:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the
Prophet) Allah's Apostle used to let his head in
(the house) while he was in the mosque and I would
comb and oil his hair. When in Itikaf he used not
to enter the house except for a need.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 247:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet used to
embrace me during my menses. He also used to put
his head out of the mosque while he was in Itikaf,
and I would wash it during my menses.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 248:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Umar asked the
Prophet "I vowed in the Pre-lslamic period of
ignorance to stay in Itikaf for one night in Al-Masjid
al-Haram." The Prophet said to him,
"Fulfill your vow."
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 249:
Narrated 'Amra:
Aisha said,
"the Prophet used to practice Itikaf in the
last ten days of Ramadan and I used to pitch a
tent for him, and after offering the morning
prayer, he used to enter the tent." Hafsa
asked the permission of 'Aisha to pitch a tent for
her and she allowed her and she pitched her tent.
When Zainab bint Jahsh saw it, she pitched another
tent. In the morning the Prophet noticed the
tents. He said, 'What is this?" He was told
of the whole situation. Then the Prophet said,
"Do you think that they intended to do
righteousness by doing this?" He therefore
abandoned the Itikaf in that month and practiced
Itikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 250:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet
intended to practice Itikaf and when he reached
the place where he intended to perform Itikaf, he
saw some tents, the tents of 'Aisha, Hafsa and
Zainab. So, he said, "Do you consider that
they intended to do righteousness by doing
this?" And then he went away and did not
perform Itikaf (in Ramadan) but performed it in
the month of Shawwal for ten days.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 251:
Narrated Ali bin
Al-Husain:
Safiya, the wife of
the Prophet told me that she went to Allah's
Apostle to visit him in the mosque while he was in
Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. She had a
talk with him for a while, then she got up in
order to return home. The Prophet accompanied her.
When they reached the gate of the mosque, opposite
the door of Um-Salama, two Ansari men were passing
by and they greeted Allah's Apostle . He told
them: Do not run away! And said, "She is (my
wife) Safiya bint Huyai." Both of them said,
"Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of any
evil) O Allah's Apostle!" And they felt it.
The Prophet said (to them), "Satan reaches
everywhere in the human body as blood reaches in
it, (everywhere in one's body). I was afraid lest
Satan might insert an evil thought in your
minds."
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 252:
Narrated Abu Salama
bin 'Abdur-Rahman:
I asked Abu Said
Al-Khudri, "Did you hear Allah's Apostle
talking about the Night of Qadr?" He replied
in the affirmative and said, "Once we were in
Itikaf with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days
of (Ramadan) and we came out of it in the morning
of the twentieth, and Allah's Apostle- delivered a
sermon on the 20th (of Ramadan) and said, 'I was
informed (of the date) of the Night of Qadr (in my
dream) but had forgotten it. So, look for it in
the odd nights of the last ten nights of the month
of Ramadan. I saw myself prostrating in mud and
water on that night (as a sign of the Night of
Qadr). So, whoever had been in Itikaf with Allah's
Apostle should return for it.' The people returned
to the mosque (for Itikaf). There was no trace of
clouds in the sky. But all of a sudden a cloud
came and it rained. Then the prayer was
established (they stood for the prayer) and
Allah's Apostle prostrated in mud and water and I
saw mud over the forehead and the nose of the
Prophet.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 253:
Narrated 'Aisha:
One of the wives of
Allah's Apostle practiced Itikaf with him while
she ad bleeding in between her periods and she
would see red (blood) or yellowish traces, and
sometimes we put a tray beneath her when she
offered the prayer.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 254:
Narrated 'Ali bin
Al-Husain (from Safiya, the Prophet's wife):
The wives of the
Prophet were with him in the mosque (while he was
in Itikaf) and then they departed and the Prophet
said to Safiya bint Huyai, "Don't hurry up,
for I shall accompany you," (and her dwelling
was in the house of Usama). The Prophet went out
and in the meantime two Ansari men met him and
they looked at the Prophet and passed by. The
Prophet said to them, "Come here. She is (my
wife) Safiya bint Huyai." They replied,
"Subhan Allah, (How dare we think of evil) O
Allah's Apostle! (we never expect anything bad
from you)." The Prophet 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."
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 255:
Narrated 'Ali bin
Al-Husain from Safiya:
Safiya went to the
Prophet while he was in Itikaf. When she returned,
the Prophet accompanied her walking. An Ansari man
saw him. When the Prophet noticed him, he called
him and said, "Come here. She is Safiya. (Sufyan
a sub-narrator perhaps said that the Prophet had
said, "This is Safiya"). And Satan
circulates in the body of Adam's offspring as his
blood circulates in it."
(A sub-narrator
asked Sufyan, "Did Safiya visit him at
night?" He said, "Of course, at
night.")
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 256:
Narrated Abu Said:
We practiced Itikaf
with Allah's Apostle in the middle ten days (of
Ramadan). In the morning of the twentieth (of
Ramadan) we shifted our baggage, but Allah's
Apostle came to us and said, "Whoever was m
Itikaf should return to his place of Itikaf, for I
saw (i.e. was informed about the date of) this
Night (of Qadr) and saw myself prostrating in mud
and water." When I returned to my place the
sky was overcast with clouds and it rained. By Him
Who sent Muhammad with the Truth, the sky was
covered with clouds from the end of that day, and
the mosque which was roofed with leaf-stalks of
date palm trees (leaked with rain) and I saw the
trace of mud and water over the nose of the
Prophet and its tip.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 257:
Narrated 'Amra bint
'Abdur-Rahman from 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
used to practice Itikaf every year in the month of
Ramadan. And after offering the morning prayer, he
used to enter the place of his Itikaf. 'Aisha
asked his permission to let her practice Itikaf
and he allowed her, and so she pitched a tent in
the mosque. When Hafsa heard of that, she also
pitched a tent (for herself), and when Zainab
heard of that, she too pitched another tent. When,
in the morning, Allah's Apostle had finished the
morning prayer, he saw four tents and asked,
"What is this?" He was informed about
it. He then said, "What made them do this? Is
it righteousness? Remove the tents, for I do not
want to see them." So, the tents were
removed. The Prophet did not perform Itikaf that
year in the month of Ramadan, but did it in the
last ten days of Shawwal.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 258:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Umar:
'Umar bin Al-Khattab
said, "O Allah's Apostle! I vowed in the Pre-lslamic
period to perform Itikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram for
one night." The Prophet said, "Fulfill
your vow." So, he performed Itikaf for one
night.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 259:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
that 'Umar had
vowed in the Pre-lslamic period to perform Itikaf
in Al-Masjid-al-Haram. (A sub-narrator thinks that
'Umar vowed to perform Itikaf for one night.)
Allah's Apostle said to 'Umar, "Fulfill your
vow."
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 260:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet used to
perform Itikaf every year in the month of Ramadan
for ten days, and when it was the year of his
death, he stayed in Itikaf for twenty days.
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 261:
Narrated 'Amra bint
'AbdurRahman from 'Aisha: Allah's Apostle
mentioned that he would practice Itikaf in the
last ten days of Ramadan. 'Aisha asked his
permission to perform Itikaf and he permitted her.
Hafsa asked 'Aisha to take his permission for
Volume
3, Book 33, Number 262:
Narrated 'Urwa:
Aisha during her
menses used to comb and oil the hair of the
Prophet while he used to be in Itikaf in the
mosque. He would stretch out his head towards her
while she was in her chamber.
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