Sahih Muslim Book - 13, Hadith - 2769

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرٌ - وَهُوَ ابْنُ مُضَرَ - عَنِ ابْنِ الْهَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِى سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِى سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىِّ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- يُجَاوِرُ فِى الْعَشْرِ الَّتِى فِى وَسَطِ الشَّهْرِ فَإِذَا كَانَ مِنْ حِينِ تَمْضِى عِشْرُونَ لَيْلَةً وَيَسْتَقْبِلُ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مَسْكَنِهِ وَرَجَعَ مَنْ كَانَ يُجَاوِرُ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَقَامَ فِى شَهْرٍ جَاوَرَ فِيهِ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ الَّتِى كَانَ يَرْجِعُ فِيهَا فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِمَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ « إِنِّى كُنْتُ أُجَاوِرُ هَذِهِ الْعَشْرَ ثُمَّ بَدَا لِى أَنْ أُجَاوِرَ هَذِهِ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ فَمَنْ كَانَ اعْتَكَفَ مَعِى فَلْيَبِتْ فِى مُعْتَكَفِهِ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ فَأُنْسِيتُهَا فَالْتَمِسُوهَا فِى الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ فِى كُلِّ وِتْرٍ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِى أَسْجُدُ فِى مَاءٍ وَطِينٍ ». قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِىُّ مُطِرْنَا لَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَعِشْرِينَ فَوَكَفَ الْمَسْجِدُ فِى مُصَلَّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَدِ انْصَرَفَ مِنْ صَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ وَوَجْهُهُ مُبْتَلٌّ طِينًا وَمَاءً.

It was narrated that ‘Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri [may Allah be pleased with them] said: “The Messenger Of Allah (SAW) used to observe I’tikaf during the middle ten days of the month. Then when twenty nights had passed, and the twenty-first came, he would go back to his home, and those who had been observing I’tikaf with him also went back home. Then one month he observed I’tikaf on that night when he used to go home. Then he Addressed the people and exhorted them as Allah willed, then he said: I used to observe I’tikaf during these ten days, so whoever was observing I’tikaf with me, let him stay in his place of I’tikaf, for I was shown this night, then I was caused to forget it, so seek it in the last ten nights, on every odd-numbered night, for I saw myself prostrating in water and mud.”’ Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri said: “It rained on the night of the twenty-first, and the Masjid leaked at the place where the Messenger of Allah (SAW) prayed. I looked at him when he had finished praying Subh and his face was wet with mud and water.”