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ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي مِنْ أَجْلِهِ يَدْخُلُ الْمُعْتَكِفُ بَيْتَهُ فِي اعْتِكَافِهِ

ibnhibban:3672ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah And ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i.e. to urinate or to relieve himself). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2467)  

ابن حبّان:٣٦٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ أَدْنَى إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ فَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2029Qutaybah > Layth > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah And ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

(the wife of the Prophet) Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to let his head in (the house) while he was in the mosque and I would comb and oil his hair. When in Iʿtikaf he used not to enter the house except for a need.  

البخاري:٢٠٢٩حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَتْ وَإِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيُدْخِلُ عَلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهْوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةٍ إِذَا كَانَ مُعْتَكِفًا  

muslim:297aYaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in I'tikaf, he inclined his head towards me and I combedhis hair, and he did not enter the house but for the natural calls (for relieving himself).  

مسلم:٢٩٧aحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ  

abudawud:2467ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i.e. to urinate or to relieve himself).  

أبو داود:٢٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ  

tirmidhi:804Abū Muṣʿab al-Madanī Qirāʾah > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah And ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

"When the Messenger of Allah performed I'tikaf, he would bring his head near me so I could comb it, and he would not enter the house except for some personal needs."  

الترمذي:٨٠٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ الْمَدَنِيُّ قِرَاءَةً عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ أَدْنَى إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ هَكَذَا رَوَاهُ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ وَالصَّحِيحُ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ وَعَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ
malik:19-1Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿAmrah Bint ʿAbd al-Raḥman

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ said,"When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ did itikaf he would bring his head near to me and I would comb it. He would only go into the house to relieve himself."  

مالك:١٩-١حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَىَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ  

ahmad:25984Yazīd > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to seclude himself, and he would not enter the house except for a person's need. She said, "So I washed his head, and indeed there was a threshold between me and him at the door."  

أحمد:٢٥٩٨٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مُعْتَكِفًا وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ قَالَتْ فَغَسَلْتُ رَأْسَهُ وَإِنَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ لَعَتَبَةُ الْبَابِ  

ahmad:26102ʿUthmān b. ʿUmar > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] "And indeed, whenever the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) would enter upon me in the mosque, I would kick him out. And he would not enter the house except for a necessity, except when he wanted to perform ablution and he was in I'tikaf."  

أحمد:٢٦١٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

وَإِنْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيُدْخِلُ عَلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةٍ إِلَّا إِذَا أَرَادَ الْوُضُوءَ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ  

ahmad:25484ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to humble himself when he performed i'tikaf, leaning his head towards me while elevating his legs, and he would not enter his house except for fulfilling the needs of a person.  

أحمد:٢٥٤٨٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ أُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْتَهُ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ  

ahmad:24731Abū Salamah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] I used to supply the Prophet ﷺ with provisions while he was in seclusion, and he would only enter the house for a person's need.  

أحمد:٢٤٧٣١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كُنْتُ أُرَجِّلُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ وَكَانَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ  

ahmad:26408ʿĀmir b. Ṣāliḥ > Mālik b. Anas > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] She said, "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , used to stay in seclusion (i'tikaf) in the mosque and would not leave except for human needs."  

أحمد:٢٦٤٠٨وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَامِرُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ  

ahmad:26261Isḥāq b. ʿĪsá > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr > ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i.e. to urinate or to relieve himself). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2467)   

أحمد:٢٦٢٦١حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُدْنِي إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُفَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَأَنَا حَائِضٌ وَهُوَ مُعْتَكِفٌ وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ  

nasai-kubra:3359Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Mālik > al-Zuhrī > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i.e. to urinate or to relieve himself). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2467)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٥٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ «إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ»  

nasai-kubra:3360Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUrwah > ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ observed I'tikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i.e. to urinate or to relieve himself). (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2467)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٦٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ يُدْنِي إِلَيَّ رَأْسَهُ فَأُرَجِّلُهُ وَكَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةِ الْإِنْسَانِ»