English Translation

Ziyad related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman from Hadrat A'isha that the Beloved Messenger of Allah once wanted to do itikaf, and when he went off to the place where he wanted to do itikaf he found some tents there, which were Hadrat A'isha's tent, Hadrat Hafsa's tent, and Hadrat Zaynab's tent. When he saw them he asked about them and someone told him that they were the tents of Hadrat A'isha, Hadrat Hafsa and Hadrat Zaynab. The Beloved Messenger of Allah said, "Do you think them devout?" Then he left, and did not do itikaf until Shawwal, when he then did it for ten days.