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ahmad:24613Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth b. Saʿd > ʿUqayl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to observe retirement (i'tikaf) to the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah took him, and then his wives observed retirement to the mosque after his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2462)  

أحمد:٢٤٦١٣حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2026ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah

(the wife of the Prophet) The Prophet ﷺ used to practice Iʿtikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan till he died and then his wives used to practice Iʿtikaf after him.  

البخاري:٢٠٢٦حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ  

muslim:1171aMuḥammad b. Mihrān al-Rāzī > Ḥātim b. Ismāʿīl > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe i'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan.  

مسلم:١١٧١aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ الرَّازِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ  

muslim:1172cQutaybah b. Saʿīd > Layth > ʿUqayl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) used to observe i'tikif in the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah called him back (to his heavenly home). Then his wives observed i'tikaf after him.  

مسلم:١١٧٢cوَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ ﷻ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ  

abudawud:2462Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to observe retirement (i'tikaf) to the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah took him, and then his wives observed retirement to the mosque after his death.  

أبو داود:٢٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ  

ahmad:7784ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah Wʿan Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe I'tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan until Allah took him.  

أحمد:٧٧٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وعَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ ﷻ  

ahmad:25952ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to observe the last ten nights of Ramadan in seclusion until Allah ﷻ took him.  

أحمد:٢٥٩٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللهُ ﷻ  

ahmad:25355ʿAbd al-Razzāq And Ibn Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > al-Muʿtakif And Kayf Sunnatuh > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib Waʿurwh b. al-Zubayr

[Machine] "Aisha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ , reported that the Prophet ﷺ used to observe Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan until Allah took him."  

أحمد:٢٥٣٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَابْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الْمُعْتَكِفِ وَكَيْفَ سُنَّتُهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُمَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ﷻ  

ahmad:25358Muḥammad b. Bakr > Ibn Jurayj > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr And Ibn al-Musayyib > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah And Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ used to observe Itikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan, and he continued to do so until death ﷺ.  

أحمد:٢٥٣٥٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ حَدِيثِ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ يُحَدِّثُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ الْمَوْتُ ﷺ  

ذِكْرُ مُدَاوَمَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ عَلَى الِاعْتِكَافِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ

ibnhibban:3665al-Ḥusayn b. Idrīs al-Anṣārī > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī al-Ḥulwānī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar And Ibn Jurayj > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Ibn al-Musayyib > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ used to observe retirement (i'tikaf) to the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah took him, and then his wives observed retirement to the mosque after his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2462)   

ابن حبّان:٣٦٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَعَنِ ابْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

«أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:3322Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥasan > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > al-Iāʿtikāf And Kayf Sannah > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib Waʿurwh b. al-Zubayr > ʿĀʾishah > Akhbarathumā

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to observe Iʿtikāf (spiritual retreat) during the last ten days of Ramadan until Allah took him. Then his wives observed Iʿtikāf after him. Abu ʿAbdul-Raḥmān narrated it from Al-Laith from Az-Zuhrī from Saʿīd as a Mursal Hadith.  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٢٢قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ عَنِ الِاعْتِكَافِ وَكَيْفَ سَنَّهُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيِّبِ وَعُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهُمَا

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ «يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ» قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ رَوَاهُ اللَّيْثُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ مُرْسَلًا  

nasai-kubra:3323Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn Shihāb > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyib

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (may peace he upon him) used to observe i'tikif in the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah called him back (to his heavenly home). Then his wives observed i'tikaf after him. (Using translation from Muslim 1172c)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٢٣أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيِّبِ قَالَ

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ  

nasai-kubra:3324Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > ʿUqayl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ used to observe retirement (i'tikaf) to the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan till Allah took him, and then his wives observed retirement to the mosque after his death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2462)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٢٤أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى تَوَفَّاهُ اللهُ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ أَزْوَاجُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ»