Fasting

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‘A’ishah reported: During i‘tikaf, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would bring his head near me while he was in the mosque, and I would comb his hair. He would enter the house only to attend to a human need.

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Ibn ‘Umar reported that ‘Umar asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): ‘I vowed in the pre-Islamic period to observe i‘tikaf for one night in the Sacred Mosque. The Prophet said: ‘Fulfill your vow.’

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Anas said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to observe seclusion in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan. One year he did not observe it; then, the following year, he observed it for twenty days. Al-Tirmidhi transmitted it. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah also transmitted it from Ubayy ibn Ka'b.

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A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to observe seclusion in the mosque, he would pray the dawn prayer and then enter his place of seclusion. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

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A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to visit the sick while observing seclusion in the mosque. He would pass by as he was, without turning aside, and ask about the sick person. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.

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A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The sunnah for a person observing seclusion in the mosque is not to visit a sick person, attend a funeral, touch a woman or have marital relations with her, or leave for any need except what is unavoidable. There is no seclusion without fasting, and no seclusion except in a congregational mosque. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Ibn Umar reported that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) observed seclusion in the mosque, his bedding would be spread for him, or a couch placed for him, behind the Column of Repentance. Ibn Majah transmitted it.

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Ibn Abbas reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said about one observing seclusion in the mosque: ‘He keeps away from sins, and good deeds are credited to him as to one who performs all good deeds.’ Ibn Majah transmitted it.