Sahih al-Bukhari 2041

Hadith text

Narrated `Amra bint `Abdur-Rahman from `Aisha:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to practice I`tikaf every year in the month of Ramadan. And after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the place of his I`tikaf. `Aisha asked his permission to let her practice I`tikaf and he allowed her, and so she pitched a tent in the mosque. When Hafsa heard of that, she also pitched a tent (for herself), and when Zainab heard of that, she too pitched another tent. When, in the morning, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished the morning prayer, he saw four tents and asked, "What is this?" He was informed about it. He then said, "What made them do this? Is it righteousness? Remove the tents, for I do not want to see them." So, the tents were removed. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not perform I`tikaf that year in the month of Ramadan, but did it in the last ten days of Shawwal

Amra bint Abdur-Rahman, Ayesha ke hawale se: Allah ke Rasool har saal Ramadan ke mahine mein I'tikaf karte the. Aur Fajr ki namaz padhne ke baad, woh apni I'tikaf ki jagah mein daakhil hote. Ayesha ne unse ijazat maangi ke woh bhi I'tikaf karein aur unhone ijazat di, isliye unhone masjid mein khaimah lagaya. Jab Hafsa ko iska pata chala, unhone bhi khaimah lagaya (apne liye), aur jab Zainab ko iska pata chala, unhone bhi ek doosra khaimah lagaya. Jab, subah ko, Allah ke Rasool Fajr ki namaz khatam kar chuke, unhone chaar khaime dekhe aur pucha: "Yeh kya hai?" Unhe iske baare mein bataaya gaya. Phir Aap ne kaha: "Unhe yeh karne par kis cheez ne uksaya? Kya yeh neki hai? Khaime hatao, main unhe dekhna nahi chahta." Isliye khaime hataaye gaye. Nabi ne us saal Ramadan mein I'tikaf nahi kiya, balki Shawwal ke aakhri das dinon mein kiya.

Sahih al-Bukhari 2041 · Book 33, Hadith 16