Fasting

“If a manstays among a people, he should not fast without their permission.”

“Agratefuleater is equal to a patient fasting person.”

“A gratefuleater will have a reward like that of a patient fasting person.”

“We observed I’tikafwith the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during the middle ten days ofRamadan. He said: ‘I have been shown Lailatul-Qadr, then I wascausedto forget it, so seek it in the last ten night, on theodd-numberednights.’”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used to strivehard (in worship) in the last ten nights of Ramadan as he never didatany other time.”

“When the last ten days of Ramadanbegan, the Prophet (ﷺ) used to stay up at night, tighten hiswaist-wrap, and wake up his family (to pray).”

“The Prophet (ﷺ) used toobserveI’tikaf for ten days every year. In the year in which hepassedaway, he observed I’tikaf for twenty days. And the Qur’an wouldbe reviewed with him once every year, but in the year in which hepassed away, it was reviewed with him twice.”

The Prophet (ﷺ) used tospendthe last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. One year he wastraveling,so the following year he spent twenty days in I’tikaf.

“When the Prophet (ﷺ) wanted tostart I’tikaf, he would pray the Subh, then he would enter theplacewhere he wanted to observe I’tikaf. He wanted to spend thelast tendays of Ramadan in I’tikaf, so he ordered that a tent beset up forhim.” Then ‘Aishah ordered that a tent be set up forher, and Hafashordered that a tent be set up for her. When Zainabsaw their twotents, she also ordered that a tent be set up for her.When theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw that, he said: “It isrighteousness thatyou seek?” Then he did not observe I’tikafduring Ramadan, and heobserved I’tikaf during ten days of Shawwal.

It wasnarrated from ‘Umar that he had vowed during the days of Ignorance to spend one night in I’tikaf. He asked the Prophet (ﷺ) aboutit, sohe commanded him to spend it in I’tikaf.

The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. Nafi' said: " Abdullah bin 'Umar showed me the place where the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used toobserve I'tikaf."

When the Prophet (ﷺ) observedI’tikaf, his bedding would be spread for him, or his bed would beplaced there for him, behind the Pillar of Repentance.

The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) observed I’tifak in a Turkish tent, over the door of whichwas apiece of reed matting. He pushed the mat aside, then he put hisheadout and spoke to the people.

“I used to enter the house torelievemyself, and there was a sick person there, and I only inquiredafterhim as I was passing through.” She said: “And the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) would not enter the house except to relieve himself, thenthey were observing I’tikaf.”