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Bayhaqi 8568 — I'tikaf is emphasised in the last ten days of Ramadan

وَأَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أنبأ مُعَاوِيَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ مُعْتَكَفَهُ وَأَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِخِبَائِهِ فَضُرِبَ أَرَادَ الِاعْتِكَافَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ فَأَمَرَتْ زَيْنَبُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا بِخِبَائِهَا فَضُرِبَ وَأَمَرَ غَيْرُهَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِخِبَاءٍ فَضُرِبَ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ نَظَرَ فَإِذَا الْأَخْبِيَةُ فَقَالَ: " الْبِرَّ يُرِدْنَ؟ " فَأَمَرَ بِخِبَائِهِ فَقُوِّضَ ثُمَّ تَرَكَ الِاعْتِكَافَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى اعْتَكَفَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأُوَلِ مِنْ شَوَّالٍ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَأَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ أُخَرَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ.
Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that when he (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to observe i'tikaf, he would pray Fajr and then enter his place of i'tikaf. Once he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered a tent to be pitched, and it was pitched, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to observe i'tikaf in the last ten (days) of Ramadan. Then Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) ordered her tent to be pitched, and it was pitched, and the other wives also had tents pitched. When he had prayed Fajr, he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the tents and said: "Is it piety that they seek?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) had his tent taken down, then he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave up i'tikaf in Ramadan, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) observed i'tikaf in the first ten (days) of Shawwal.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصيام / 8568
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