Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Itikaf

16- بَابُ إِذَا نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ:

(16) Chapter. Whoever made a vow in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance to perform Itikaf and then embraced Islam.

1 hadith · references 2043–2043

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Bukhari · 2043أَنَّ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ ، قَالَ : أُرَاهُ قَالَ لَيْلَةً ، قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَوْفِ بِنَذْرِthat `Umar had vowed in the Pre-Islamic period to perform I`tikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram. (A subnarrator thinks that `Umar vowed to perform I`tikaf for one night.) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to `Umar, "Fulfill your vow."5 narrators