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The Prophet (ﷺ) used to
spend
the last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. One year he was
traveling,
so the following year he spent twenty days in I’tikaf.
Sunan Ibn Majah Book 7, Hadith 133
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“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to
observe
I’tikaf for ten days every year. In the year in which he
passed
away, he observed I’tikaf for twenty days. And the Quran would
be reviewed with him once every year, but in the year in which he
passed away, it was reviewed with him twice.”
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“When the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted to
start I’tikaf, he would pray the Subh, then he would enter the
place
where he wanted to observe I’tikaf. He wanted to spend the
last ten
days of Ramadan in I’tikaf, so he ordered that a tent be
set up for
him.” Then ‘Aishah ordered that a tent be set up for
her, and Hafash
ordered that a tent be set up for her. When Zainab
saw their two
tents, she also ordered that a tent be set up for her.
When the
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that, he said: “It is
righteousness that
you seek?” Then he did not observe I’tikaf
during Ramadan, and he
observed I’tikaf during ten days of Shawwal.