سنن ترمذي
Tirmidhi
كتاب الصيام عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمThe Book on Fasting
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الاِعْتِكَافِChapter: What Has Been Related I'tikaf
Hadith 791
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ : " كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ ، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي مُعْتَكَفِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى : وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُرْسَلًا . رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدِ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ مُرْسَلًا ، وَرَوَاهُ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ، وَسُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ وَغَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ : إِذَا أَرَادَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فِي مُعْتَكَفِهِ ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ ، وَإِسْحَاق بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ : إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فَلْتَغِبْ لَهُ الشَّمْسُ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْغَدِ ، وَقَدْ قَعَدَ فِي مُعْتَكَفِهِ ، وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ ، وَمَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ .
´Aishah narrated:` "When the Messenger of Allah wanted to perform I'tikaf, he would perform Fajr prayer and then he would enter his place of I'tikaf."
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
English Translation:
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And this is also the opinion of the majority of scholars.
As for the aforementioned narration of Umm al-Mu’minin A’ishah radi Allahu anha, its interpretation is as follows:
It does not mean that the beginning of i’tikaf (spiritual retreat) would be after the dawn (fajr) of the twenty-first; rather, for i’tikaf, you (the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would spend the day of the twentieth, and before sunset you would arrive at the mosque and spend the night there with the intention of i’tikaf.
Then, after having performed the fajr prayer, you would proceed to the specific place of i’tikaf that had been prepared for you.
This interpretation is necessary because other narrations establish that you performed i’tikaf for the entire last ten days of Ramadan, and if entering the place of i’tikaf after fajr on the twenty-first is meant, then the ten days would not be complete and there would be a deficiency in them.
1:
And this is also the opinion of the majority of scholars.
As for the aforementioned narration of Umm al-Mu’minin A’ishah radi Allahu anha, its interpretation is as follows:
It does not mean that the beginning of i’tikaf (spiritual retreat) would be after the dawn (fajr) of the twenty-first; rather, for i’tikaf, you (the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) would spend the day of the twentieth, and before sunset you would arrive at the mosque and spend the night there with the intention of i’tikaf.
Then, after having performed the fajr prayer, you would proceed to the specific place of i’tikaf that had been prepared for you.
This interpretation is necessary because other narrations establish that you performed i’tikaf for the entire last ten days of Ramadan, and if entering the place of i’tikaf after fajr on the twenty-first is meant, then the ten days would not be complete and there would be a deficiency in them.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 791
