Hadith 2464 - CHAPTER: Al-I’tikaf. - Fasting (kitab al-siyam) - Sunnan Abu Dawood in Arabic with Urdu and English Translation

Narrated Abu Rafi: One day the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم had intercourse with all his wives. He took a bath after each intercourse. I asked him: Messenger of Allah, why don't you make it a single bath? He replied: This is more purifying, better and cleaning. Abu Dawud said: The tradition narrated by Anas is more sound that this tradition.

Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying; The servant (of Allah) is considered to he at prayer so long as he remains at the place of prayer waiting for prayer. The angels say: O Allah, forgive him? O Allah, take mercy on him, until he turns away, or he is defiled. He was asked: what is meant by defilement? He replied: he breaks wind gently or loudly.

Anas said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم entered upon Umm Haram. The people (in her house) brought some cooking oil dates to him. He said; Put it (dates) back in its container and return it (cooking oil) to its bag, because I am keeping fast. He then stood and led us in prayer two Rak’ahs of supererogatory prayer. Then Umm Sulaim and Umm Haram stood behind us (i. e., the men). Thabit (the narrator) said: I understand that Anas said; he (the prophet) made me stand on his right side.

Anas bin Malik said: I did not offer prayer behind anyone more brief than the one offered by the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and that was perfect. When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: “Allah listens to him who praises Him, ” he stood long we thought that he had omitted something; then he say takbir (Allah is most great) and prostrate, and would sit between the two prostrations so long that we thought that he had omitted something.

Kaab said “Locusts are counted along with the game of the sea. ”

Abu Al Tufail said I said to Ibn Abbas Your people think that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم walked proudly with swift strides while going round the Kaabah and that it is sunnah (practice of the Prophet). He said “They spoke the truth (in part) and told a lie (in part). ” I asked “What truth did they speak and what lie did they tell?” He said “They spoke the truth that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم walked proudly while going round the Kaabah but they told a lie, this is no sunnah. The Quraish asserted during the days of Al Hudaibiyyah “Forsake Muhammad and his Companions till they die the death of a Camel which dies of bacteria in its nose. When they concluded a treaty with him agreeing upon the fact that they (the Prophet and his Companions) would come (to Makkah) next year and stay at Makkah three days, the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to the Companions “Walk proudly (moving shoulders) while going round the Kaabah in first three circuits. (Ibn Abbas said) But this is not sunnah. I said “Your people think that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ran between Al Safa and Al Marwah on a Camel and that is sunnah. ” He said “They spoke the truth (in part) and told a lie (in part). I asked “What truth did they speak and what lie did they tell? He said “they spoke the truth that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ran between Al Safa and Al Marwah on a Camel. They told a lie that it is a sunnah. As the people did not move from around the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and did not separate themselves from him he did the sa’i on a Camel so that they may listen to him and see his position and their hands might not reach him.

It was narrated from Ubayy bin Ka’b that: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. One year he was traveling, so the following year he spent twenty days in I’tikaf.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ismail with different chains of transmitters and in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Marwan (the words are): A person giving the glad tidings on behalf of Jarir came or Abu Husain b. Rabi`a came in order to give glad tidings to Allah's Apostle ( ‌صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم ‌ ).