I`tikaaf:
`Aa’ishah (radiyallaahu `anhaa) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) used to perform I`tikaaf in the last ten nights (of Ramadaan). So I used to set up a tent for him and he would pray Fajr and enter it…”
Reported by Al-Bukhaaree (2033) in his Saheeh.
`Aa’ishah (radiyallaahu `anhaa) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) used to lean his head to me when he was (making I`tikaaf) in the mosque and I would comb it [and in a narration: “wash it”] and he would not enter the house except for needs, when he was making I`tikaaf.”
Reported by Al-Bukhaaree (2029) and Muslim (297) in their Saheehs.
See also: Mukhtasar-ul-Bukhaaree lil-Albaanee (167) and Jaami`-ul-Usool (1/341).
Ibn `Umar (radiyallaahu `anhumaa) narrated that when the Prophet (sallallaahu `alaihi wa sallam) made I`tikaaf, blankets or a mattress would be placed for him behind the pillar of repentance.
Authenticated by Al-Hilaalee (Sifat-us-Saum, chapter 20) and Al-Halabee (Ibid).
Ash-Shaukaanee said: “Its narrators are trustworthy.” (Nayl-ul-Autaar, 4/356).
