Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 249 – Volume 3, Book 33

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Volume 3, Book 33, Number 249:
Narrated 'Amra:
Aisha said, "the Prophet used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan and I used to pitch a
tent for him, and after offering the morning prayer, he used to enter the tent." Hafsa asked the per –
mission of 'Aisha to pitch a tent for her and she allowed her and she pitched her tent. When Zainab
bint Jahsh saw it, she pitched another tent. In the morning the Prophet noticed the tents. He said,
'What is this?" He was told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet said, "Do you think that they in –
tended to do righteousness by doing this?" He therefore abandoned the Itikaf in that month and
practiced Itikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."