Sahih Hadith 000101

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

25th Ramadan 1435 (23rd July 2014)

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri (Radi-Allahu 'anhu):

Allah's Apostle (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) used to practice Itikaf (in

the mosque) in the middle third of Ramadan and after passing the twenty

nights he used to go back to his house on the 21st, and the people who were

in Itikaf with him also used to go back to their houses. Once in Ramadan,

in which he practiced Itikaf, he established the night prayers at the night

in which he used to return home, and then he addressed the people and

ordered them whatever Allah wished him to order and said, "I used to

practice Itikaf for these ten days (i.e. the middle 3rd but now I intend to

stay in Itikaf for the last ten days (of the month); so whoever was in

Itikaf with me should stay at his place of seclusion. I have verily been

shown (the date of) this Night (of Qadr) but I have forgotten it. So search

for it in the odd nights of the last ten days (of this month). I also saw

myself (in the dream) prostrating in mud and water." On the night of the

21st, the sky was covered with clouds and it rained, and the rain-water

started leaking through the roof of the mosque at the praying place of the

Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam). I saw with my own eyes the Prophet

(Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) at the completion of the morning prayer

leaving with his face covered with mud and water.

Bukhari Vol. 3 : No. 235