Satan has always been the sworn enemy of human beings since the beginning of history. He entices and whispers to them to accuse others without evidence, and that is why the Prophet ﷺ used to warn his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) against the (gravity of) satanic whisperings. In this hadeeth, the Mother of the Believers, Safiyyah(may Allah be pleased with her)narrated that she came to visit Allah's Messenger ﷺ while he was observing I‘tikaaf (i.e., a retreat in the mosque to devote oneself exclusively to worship Allah) in the mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan. When she (may Allah be pleased with her) got up to return home, Allah's Messenger ﷺ got up with her and escorted her. When he ﷺ reached near the gate of the mosque close to the door (of the house) of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, two men from the Ansaar passed by them and greeted Allah's Messenger ﷺ and then went away in a hurry, out of respect for the Prophet ﷺ when they (may Allah be pleased with them) saw him standing with one of his wives. The wording of the hadeeth suggests that they did not know that she was his wife. Allah's Messenger ﷺ addressed them saying, "Do not hurry! (She is my wife)." They said, "Glorified be Allah! O Allah's Messenger ﷺ;” you are far above any suspicion. They were astonished by his saying, and it was hard on them that the Prophet ﷺ thought that they would even think ill of him! Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "Satan circulates in the mind of a person as blood does (in his body). I was afraid that Satan might put some (evil) thoughts in your minds." He ﷺ informed them that he ﷺ feared that Satan should whisper to them and implant evil thoughts in their heads, driving them to think ill of the Prophet ﷺ, and this would have incurred their ruin. Therefore, he ﷺ hastened to inform them of the reality, edifying them and the following Muslim generations on the right thing to do, should any of them be in a similar situation. The hadeeth underlines the permissibility of visiting a person observing I‘tikaaf in his place of seclusion. It is inferred therefrom that one should eliminate all doubts and means that could lead others to think ill of him, by unveiling the truth to people at the proper time..