Narrated 'Amra:
Aisha said, "the Prophet used to practice Itikaf in the last ten days
of Ramadan and I used to pitch a tent for him, and after offering
the morning prayer, he used to enter the tent." Hafsa asked the
permission of 'Aisha to pitch a tent for her and she allowed her
and she pitched her tent. When Zainab bint Jahsh saw it, she pitched
another tent. In the morning the Prophet noticed the tents. He said,
'What is this?" He was told of the whole situation. Then the Prophet
said, "Do you think that they intended to do righteousness by doing
this?" He therefore abandoned the Itikaf in that month and practiced
Itikaf for ten days in the month of Shawwal."
(Sahih Bukhari 3.249)
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet intended to practice Itikaf and when he reached the place
where he intended to perform Itikaf, he saw some tents, the tents of
'Aisha, Hafsa and Zainab. So, he said, "Do you consider that they
intended to do righteousness by doing this?" And then he went away
and did not perform Itikaf (in Ramadan) but performed it in the
month of Shawwal for ten days.
(Sahih Bukhari 3.250)
Narrated 'Amra bint 'Abdur-Rahman from 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle used to practice Itikaf every year in the month
of Ramadan. And after offering the morning prayer, he used to
enter the place of his Itikaf. 'Aisha asked his permission to
let her practice Itikaf and he allowed her, and so she pitched
a tent in the mosque. When Hafsa heard of that, she also
pitched a tent (for herself), and when Zainab heard of that,
she too pitched another tent. When, in the morning, Allah's
Apostle had finished the morning prayer, he saw four tents and
asked, "What is this?" He was informed about it. He then said,
"What made them do this? Is it righteousness? Remove the tents,
for I do not want to see them." So, the tents were removed. The
Prophet did not perform Itikaf that year in the month of Ramadan,
but did it in the last ten days of Shawwal.
(Sahih Bukhari 3.257)