Jami` at-Tirmidhi 791

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Hannad narrated to us: Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Yahya bin Sa'id, from 'Amrah, from 'Aishah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah intended to perform i'tikaf, he would pray Fajr and then enter his place of i'tikaf. Abu 'Isa said: This hadith has also been narrated from Yahya bin Sa'id, from 'Amrah, from the Prophet, as a mursal report. Malik and more than one narrator reported it from Yahya bin Sa'id, from 'Amrah, as mursal. Al-Awza'i, Sufyan Ath-Thawri, and more than one narrator reported it from Yahya bin Sa'id, from 'Amrah, from 'Aishah. Some scholars acted on this hadith, saying that when a man intends to perform i'tikaf, he should pray Fajr and then enter his place of i'tikaf. This was the view of Ahmad bin Hanbal and Ishaq bin Ibrahim. Others said that if a man intends to perform i'tikaf, he should begin it at sunset on the night before the day on which he intends to observe it, having already taken his place in i'tikaf. This was the view of Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Malik bin Anas.