Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: Al-’Ttikaf (Fasting for Three Days while Staying in a Masjid) 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذَا كَانَ الْعَشْرُ الأَوَاخِرُ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الْ٠َسْجِدِ وَضُرِبَتْ لَهُ قُبَّةٌ ٠ِئْزَرَ وَطَوَى فِرَاشَهُ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ وَاعْتَزَلَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َّا اعْتِزَالُ النِّسَاءِ فَلا.

He (the Messenger of Allah) would secure his loincloth and fold up his bed (reduced sleeping). Certain others have said that he (the Messenger of Allah) stayed away from women; but Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Isolation from women was not true.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/426))