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Aisha during her menses used to comb and oil the hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he used to be in I`tikaf in
the mosque. He would stretch out his head towards her while she was in her chamber.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 33, Hadith 21
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mentioned that he would practice I`tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. `Aisha asked
his permission to perform I`tikaf and he permitted her. Hafsa asked `Aisha to take his permission for
her, and she did so. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw that, she ordered a tent to be pitched for her and it
was pitched for her. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to proceed to his tent after the prayer. So, he saw the tents
ans asked, "What is this?" He was told that those were the tents of Aisha, Hafsa, and Zainab. Allah's
Apostle said, "Is it righteousness which they intended by doing so? I am not going to perform I`tikaf."
So he returned home. When the fasting month was over, he performed Itikar for ten days in the month
of Shawwal.
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You people say that Abu Huraira tells many narrations from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and you also wonder why
the emigrants and Ansar do not narrate from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as Abu Huraira does. My emigrant
brothers were busy in the market while I used to stick to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) content with what fills my
stomach; so I used to be present when they were absent and I used to remember when they used to
forget, and my Ansari brothers used to be busy with their properties and I was one of the poor men of
Suffa. I used to remember the narrations when they used to forget. No doubt, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) once
said, "Whoever spreads his garment till I have finished my present speech and then gathers it to
himself, will remember whatever I will say." So, I spread my colored garment which I was wearing
till Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had finished his saying, and then I gathered it to my chest. So, I did not forget any
of that narrations.