14/2. Chapter:
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 729 — The Book of I'tikâf
When a person intending to observe I'tikâf should enter the place of his I'tikâf?
Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan : 729
Al-Lu'lu Wal-MarjanHadith Number 729
حديث عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، فَكُنْتُ أَضْرِبُ لَهُ خِبَاءً، فَيُصَلِّي الصُّبْحَ، ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُهُ؛ فَاسْتَأْذَنَتْ حَفْصَةُ عَائِشَةَ أَنْ تَضْرِبَ خِبَاءً، فَأَذِنَتْ لَهَا فَضَرَبَتْ خِبَاءً؛ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ زَيْنَبُ ابْنَةُ جَحْشٍ ضَرَبَتْ خِبَاءً آخَرَ؛ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ رَأَى الأَخْبِيَةَ، فَقَالَ: مَا هذَا فَأُخْبِرَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: آلْبِر تُرَوْنَ بِهِنَّ فَتَرَكَ الاعْتِكَافَ ذلِكَ الشَّهْرَ، ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ عَشْرًا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ.
A'isha Narrated from:
The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم used to practice I'tikâf in the last ten days of Ramadân and I used to pitch a tent for him, and after offering the morning Salât (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 ﷺ noticed the tents. He said, "What is this?" He was told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do you think that they intended to do Al-Birr (righteousness) by doing this?" He therefore abandoned the I'tikâf in that month and observed I'tikâf for ten days in the month of Shawwâl.( Sahîh Al-Bukhâri, Hadîth No. 249, Vol. 3)
