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Bayhaqi 8567 — I'tikaf is emphasised in the last ten days of Ramadan

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ الْمَدِينِيُّ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَا: ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، ثنا الْمُعْتَمِرُ، حَدَّثَنِي عُمَارَةُ بْنُ غَزِيَّةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ يحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اعْتَكَفَ الْعَشْرَ الْأُوَلَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ فِي قُبَّةٍ تُرْكِيَّةٍ عَلَى سُدَّتِهَا حَصِيرٌ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ الْحَصِيرَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَحَّاهَا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْقُبَّةِ ثُمَّ أَطْلَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَكَلَّمَ النَّاسَ فَدَنَوْا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ: " إِنِّي اعْتَكَفْتُ الْعَشْرَ الْأُوَلَ الْتَمِسْ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفْتُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوْسَطَ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ فَقِيلَ لِي إِنَّهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ مِنْكُمْ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فَلْيَعْتَكِفْ " فَاعْتَكَفَ النَّاسُ مَعَهُ قَالَ: " وَإِنِّي رَأَيْتُهَا لَيْلَةَ وِتْرٍ وَإِنِّي أَسْجُدُ فِي صَبِيحَتِهَا فِي طِينٍ وَمَاءٍ " فَأَصْبَحَ فِي لَيْلَةِ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ، وَقَدْ قَامَ إِلَى الصُّبْحِ فَمَطَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ فَوُكِفَ الْمَسْجِدُ فَأَبْصَرْتُ الطِّينَ وَالْمَاءَ فَخَرَجَ حِينَ فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَجَبِينُهُ وَرَوْثَةُ أَنْفِهِ فِيهَا الطِّينُ وَالْمَاءُ، وَإِذَا هِيَ لَيْلَةُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ مِنَ الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى.
Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the first ten (days) of Ramadan, then observed i'tikaf in the middle ten in a Turkish dome-tent with a reed mat over its entrance. He said: He (peace and blessings be upon him) moved the mat aside with his hand and spoke to the people, and they came close to him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I observed i'tikaf in the first ten seeking this night, then I observed i'tikaf in the middle ten; then someone came to me and told me that it is in the last ten. So whoever among you would like to observe i'tikaf, let him do so." So the people observed i'tikaf with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "I was shown it on an odd night, and (I saw) that on its morning I was prostrating in water and mud." And when he (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in the mosque and stood (in prayer) until the morning of the twenty-first, the sky rained during the night and water collected in the mosque. Then I saw the water and mud: when he (peace and blessings be upon him) finished the prayer, there was water and mud on his (peace and blessings be upon him) forehead and nose, and it was the twenty-first night of the last ten.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8567
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