حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَيَعْلَی بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ صَلَّی الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مُعْتَکَفَهُ قَالَتْ وَإِنَّهُ أَرَادَ مَرَّةً أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرَ بِبِنَائِهِ فَضُرِبَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِکَ أَمَرْتُ بِبِنَائِي فَضُرِبَ قَالَتْ وَأَمَرَ غَيْرِي مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِبِنَائِهِ فَضُرِبَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّی الْفَجْرَ نَظَرَ إِلَی الْأَبْنِيَةِ فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ آلْبِرَّ تُرِدْنَ قَالَتْ فَأَمَرَ بِبِنَائِهِ فَقُوِّضَ وَأَمَرَ أَزْوَاجُهُ بِأَبْنِيَتِهِنَّ فَقُوِّضَتْ ثُمَّ أَخَّرَ الِاعْتِکَافَ إِلَی الْعَشْرِ الْأُوَلِ يَعْنِي مِنْ شَوَّالٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد رَوَاهُ ابْنُ إِسْحَقَ وَالْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ نَحْوَهُ وَرَوَاهُ مَالِکٌ عَنْ يَحْيَی بْنِ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ اعْتَکَفَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2464
Aishah said: When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ intended to observe Itikaf, he prayed the fajr prayer and then entered his place of seclusion. Once he intended to observe Itikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. She said: He ordered to pitch a tent for him, and it was pitched. She said: The other wives of the Prophet ﷺ also ordered to pitch tents for them and they were pitched. When he offered the fajr prayer, he saw the tents, and said: What is this ? Did you intend to do an act of virtue ? She said: He then ordered to demolish his tent, and it was demolished. Then his wives also ordered to demolish their tents and they were demolished. He then postponed Itikaf till the first ten days, that is of Shawwal. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by Ibn Ishaq and al-Auzai from Yahya bin Saeed in a similar manner, and Malik narrated it from Yahya bin Saeed, saying: He observed Itikaf during twenty days of Shawwal.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020