Sahih Bukhari Shareef Ahadith about Aitakaf
Chapter Bk. 33: Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)
3.242:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: Allah's Apostle used to practice
I`tikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.
3.243:
Narrated `Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet used to practice I`tikaf
in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his
wives used to practice I`tikaf after him.
3.244:
Narrated Abu Sa`id Al−Khudri: Allah's Apostle used to practice
I`tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan and once he stayed
in I`tikaf till the night of the twenty−first and it was the
night in the morning of which he used to come out of his
I`tikaf. The Prophet said, "Whoever was in I`tikaf with me
should stay in I`tikaf 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).
3.245:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet used to (put) bend his head (out) to me while he
was in I`tikaf in the mosque during my monthly periods and I
would comb and oil his hair.
3.246:
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 I`tikaf he used not to enter the house
except for a need.
3.247:
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 I`tikaf, and
I would wash it during my menses.
3.248:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: `Umar asked the Prophet "I vowed in the
Pre−Islamic period of ignorance to stay in I`tikaf for one
night in Al−Masjid al−Haram." The Prophet said to him,
"Fulfill your vow."
3.249:
Narrated `Amra:
Aisha said, "the Prophet used to practice I`tikaf 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 I`tikaf in that month and practiced
I`tikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."
3.250:
Narrated `Aisha:
The Prophet intended to practice I`tikaf and when he reached
the place where he intended to perform I`tikaf, 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 I`tikaf (in
Ramadan) but performed it in the month of Shawwal for ten
days.
3.251:
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 I`tikaf 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."
3.252:
Narrated Abu Salama bin `Abdur−Rahman: I asked Abu Sa`id
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 I`tikaf 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 I`tikaf with Allah's Apostle should return for it.' The
people returned to the mosque (for I`tikaf). 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.
3.253:
Narrated `Aisha:
One of the wives of Allah's Apostle practiced I`tikaf 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.
3.254:
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 I`tikaf) 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."
3.255:
Narrated `Ali bin Al−Husain from Safiya: Safiya went to the
Prophet while he was in I`tikaf. 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.")
3.256:
Narrated Abu Sa`id: We practiced I`tikaf 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 I`tikaf should
return to his place of I`tikaf, 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
leafstalks 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.
3.257:
Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur−Rahman from `Aisha: Allah's Apostle
used to practice I`tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan.
And after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the
place of his I`tikaf. `Aisha asked his permission to let her
practice I`tikaf 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 I`tikaf that year in the month of
Ramadan, but did it in the last ten days of Shawwal.
3.258:
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin Al−Khattab said, "O
Allah's Apostle! I vowed in the Pre−Islamic period to perform
I`tikaf in Al−Masjid−al−Haram for one night." The Prophet
said, "Fulfill your vow." So, he performed I`tikaf for one
night.
3.259:
Narrated Ibn `Umar: that `Umar had vowed in the Pre−Islamic
period to perform I`tikaf in Al−Masjid−al−Haram. (A
sub−narrator thinks that `Umar vowed to perform I`tikaf for
one night.) Allah's Apostle said to `Umar, "Fulfill your vow."
3.260:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet used to perform I`tikaf
every year in the month of Ramadan for ten days, and when it
was the year of his death, he stayed in I`tikaf for twenty
days.
3.261:
Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur−Rahman from `Aisha: Allah's Apostle
mentioned that he would practice I`tikaf in the last ten days
of Ramadan. `Aisha asked his permission to perform I`tikaf and
he permitted her. Hafsa asked `Aisha 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. Allah's Apostle used to proceed to his tent after the
prayer. So, he saw the tents ans asked, "What is this?" He was
told that those were the tents of Aisha, Hafsa, and Zainab.
Allah's Apostle said, "Is it righteousness which they intended
by doing so? I am not going to perform I`tikaf." So he
returned home. When the fasting month was over, he performed
Itikar for ten days in the month of Shawwal.
3.262:
Narrated `Urwa:
Aisha during her menses used to comb and oil the hair of the
Prophet while he used to be in I`tikaf in the mosque. He would
stretch out his head towards her while she was in her chamber.
