Sahih Muslim Hadith 5680 – It Is Recommended

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[5680] 25 – ( … ) 'All bin Husain narrated that Safiyyah, the wife of the Prophet , told him that she came to the Prophet to visit him when he was observing I'tikâf in the Masjid, during the last ten days of Ramalân. She spoke with him for a while, then she got up to go back, and the Prophet got up to send her back. Then he mentioned a HadIth like that of Ma'mar (no. 5679), except that he said: "The Prophet said: 'The Shaifân is as close to man as his blood.' And he did not say: 'flows." Chapter 10. If A Man Comes To A Gathering And Finds A Space, Let Him Sit There, Otherwise Let Him Sit Behind Them