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Al-’Ttikaf (Fasting for Three Days while Staying in a Masjid)

alkafi-6651Vol. 4, p. 175

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا كَانَ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ ضُرِبَتْ لَهُ قُبَّةٌ مِنْ شَعْرٍ وَ شَمَّرَ الْمِئْزَرَ[3] وَ طَوَى فِرَاشَهُ وَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَ اعْتَزَلَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَّا اعْتِزَالُ النِّسَاءِ فَلَا[4].

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan would retire in Masjid in seclusion for Ttikaf with a tent made of animals’ wool pitched for him. He (the Messenger o

alkafi-6652Vol. 4, p. 175

كَانَتْ بَدْرٌ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمْ يَعْتَكِفْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَابِلٍ اعْتَكَفَ عَشْرَيْنِ‌[5] عَشْراً لِعَامِهِ وَ عَشْراً قَضَاءً لِمَا فَاتَهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘(The battle of) Badr took place in the month of Ramadan. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did not do Ttikaf. In the next year he performed Ttikaf for twenty days. Ten days were for the current year a

alkafi-6653Vol. 4, p. 175

اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأُوَلِ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْوُسْطَى ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ.

‘The Messenger of Allah (sw) performed I'tikaf in the first ten days of the month of Ramadan. In the second year it was in the second ten days and then in the third year in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan. Thereafter it was all the time in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.’”