Sunan Ibn Majah
Fasting
كتاب الصيام
Chapter 64
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُعْتَكِفِ يَغْسِلُ رَأْسَهُ وَيُرَجِّلُهُ
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Ali ibn Muhammad narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was observing i‘tikaf, he would bring his head close to me, and I would wash it and comb it while I was in my chamber and menstruating, and he was in the mosque.
Chapter 65
مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُعْتَكِفِ يَزُورُهُ أَهْلُهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ
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Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir al-Hizami narrated to us; Umar ibn Uthman ibn Umar ibn Musa ibn Ubayd Allah ibn Ma‘mar narrated to us, from his father, from Ibn Shihab, who informed me that Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to him, from Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), that she came to visit the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was observing i‘tikaf in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan. She spoke with him for a while at night, then stood to return. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stood and accompanied her on her way back. When she reached the mosque gate near the dwelling of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), two men from the Ansar passed by them. They greeted the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and continued on. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to them, ‘Wait a moment; she is Safiyyah bint Huyayy.’ They said, ‘Glory be to Allah, Messenger of Allah!’ That seemed weighty to them, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Satan flows through a human being like blood, and I feared that he might cast something into your hearts.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source says the conversation lasted sa‘ah, a period of time; it does not give a clock-hour duration.
Chapter 66
فِي الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ تَعْتَكِفُ
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Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us; Affan narrated to us; Yazid ibn Zuray‘ narrated to us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha’, from Ikrimah, who said: Aishah said: One of the Prophet’s wives observed i‘tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She would see red and yellow discharge, and sometimes place a basin beneath it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source names the colors but does not further identify the discharge.
Chapter 67
فِي ثَوَابِ الاِعْتِكَافِ
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Ubayd Allah ibn Abd al-Karim narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Umayyah narrated to us; Isa ibn Musa al-Bukhari narrated to us, from Ubaydah al-Ammi, from Farqad al-Sabakhi, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about a person observing i‘tikaf: ‘He remains apart from sins, and good deeds are credited to him like one who performs all good deeds.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording about the person observing i‘tikaf and sins is unusual; ‘remains apart from sins’ follows its literal sense without adding an explanation.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ فِي الْمُعْتَكِفِ " هُوَ يَعْكِفُ الذُّنُوبَ وَيُجْرَى لَهُ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ كَعَامِلِ الْحَسَنَاتِ كُلِّهَا " .
The clause ‘huwa ya‘kufu al-dhunub’ is unusual and its intended relation between the person observing i‘tikaf and sins is not explicit.
Should this clause be rendered as remaining apart from sins, or is another sense intended?
Chapter 68
فِيمَنْ قَامَ لَيْلَتَىِ الْعِيدَيْنِ
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Abu Ahmad al-Marrar ibn Hammuyah narrated to us; Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa narrated to us; Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us, from Thawr ibn Yazid, from Khalid ibn Ma‘dan, from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: ‘Whoever spends the nights of the two Eids in prayer, seeking Allah’s reward, will have a heart that does not die on the day hearts die.’