7/58. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 1770 — Making Up I'tikaf
What was narrated concerning I`tikaf
Making Up I'tikaf Hadith
Sunan Ibn Majah : 1770
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 1770
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَسَافَرَ عَامًا فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْعَامِ الْمُقْبِلِ اعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْمًا .
Ubayy bin Ka'b Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. One year he was traveling, so the following year he spent twenty days in I’tikaf.
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 1770In-book reference : Book 7, Hadith 133English translation : Vol. 1, Book 7, Hadith 1770
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 1770
This making up I'tikaf hadith reports a clear event from the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم practice. Ubayy bin Ka’b narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in I'tikaf. One year he was traveling, so the following year he spent twenty days in I'tikaf. The text shows that I'tikaf in the last ten days was his regular habit. It also shows an increase the next year after a year in which travel took place. The hadith does not give a long rule for every missed act. It simply reports the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم action and shows care for this worship even when travel changed the usual routine.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to observe I'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.
- Travel affected his usual I'tikaf in one year.
- The following year he observed twenty days of I'tikaf.
- The hadith shows strong care for continuing this worship.
