أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ صَلَّی الصُّبْحَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي الْمَکَانِ الَّذِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ فِيهِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَکِفَ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَأَمَرَ فَضُرِبَ لَهُ خِبَائٌ وَأَمَرَتْ حَفْصَةُ فَضُرِبَ لَهَا خِبَائٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْ زَيْنَبُ خِبَائَهَا أَمَرَتْ فَضُرِبَ لَهَا خِبَائٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَی ذَلِکَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ آلْبِرَّ تُرِدْنَ فَلَمْ يَعْتَکِفْ فِي رَمَضَانَ وَاعْتَکَفَ عَشْرًا مِنْ شَوَّالٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 713
It was narrated that ‘Aishah said: “When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم wanted to observe I’tikaf, he would pray Fajr then enter the place where he wanted to observe I’tikaf. He wanted to observe I’tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, so he commanded that a Khiba’ (tent) be pitched for him. Then Hafsah ordered that a Khiba’ be pitched for her, and when Zainab saw her tent she ordered that a Khiba’ be pitched for her too. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم saw that he said: ‘Is it righteousness that you seek?’ And he did not observe I’tikaf in Ramaclan, and observed I’tikaf for ten days in Shawwal (instead).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020