حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِکٌ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ إِلَی الْمَکَانِ الَّذِي أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ إِذَا أَخْبِيَةٌ خِبَائُ عَائِشَةَ وَخِبَائُ حَفْصَةَ وَخِبَائُ زَيْنَبَ فَقَالَ أَالْبِرَّ تَقُولُونَ بِهِنَّ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَلَمْ يَعْتَکِفْ حَتَّی اعْتَکَفَ عَشْرًا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2034
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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020