Yahya ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu Mu‘awiyah informed us — and Sahl ibn ‘Uthman narrated to us, Hafs ibn Ghiyath informed us, both from Hisham — and Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu Kurayb narrated to us, and the wording is theirs, they said: Ibn Numayr narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to observe i‘tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan.