Sunan Abu Dawood 2463

Narrated Ubayy ibn Kab: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe Itikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he did not observe Itikaf. When the next year came, he observed Itikaf for twenty nights (i. e. days). ..

Aishah said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم intended to observe Itikaf, he prayed the fajr prayer and then entered his place of seclusion. Once he intended to observe Itikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. She said: He..

Ibn Umar said: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe Itikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. Nafi said: Abdullah (bin Umar) showed me the place in the mosque where Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe Itikaf. ..

Abu Hurairah said: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to observe Itikaf during ten days of Ramadan every year. But when the year in which he died, he observed Itikaf for twenty days. ..

Aishah said: When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم observed Itikaf, he would put his head near me, and I would comb it. and he entered the house only to fulfill human needs (i. e. to urinate or to relieve himself). ..

A similar tradition has been transmitted by Aishah from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم through a different chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said: And Yunus also narrated in a similar way from al-Zuhri, and no one supported Malik in his narration..