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ibnmajah:1772Isḥāq b. Mūsá al-Khaṭmī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

It was narrated from ‘Umar that he had vowed during the days of Ignorance to spend one night in I’tikaf. He asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, so he commanded him to spend it in I’tikaf.  

ابن ماجة:١٧٧٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْخَطْمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ نَذْرُ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْتَكِفُهَا فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ  


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nasai:3820Isḥāq b. Mūsá > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, that 'Umar had vowed to spend a night in 'Itikaf during the Jahiliyyah. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he ordered him to perform the 'Itikaf.  

النسائي:٣٨٢٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةٌ نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْتَكِفُهَا فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ  

nasai:3822Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that 'Umar had vowed -during the Jahiliyyah- to spend a day in 'Itikaf. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he commanded him to perform the 'Itikaf.  

النسائي:٣٨٢٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا يَعْتَكِفُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَهُ  

abudawud:2474Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm > Abū Dāwud > ʿAbdullāh b. Budayl > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar Jaʿal ʿAlayh

Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) took a vow in the pre-Islamic days to spend a night or a day in devotion near the Ka'bah (in the sacred mosque). He asked the Prophet ﷺ about it. He said: Observe i'tikaf (i.e. spend a night or a day near the Ka'bah) and fast.  

أبو داود:٢٤٧٤حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ لَيْلَةً أَوْ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ الْكَعْبَةِ فَسَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ اعْتَكِفْ وَصُمْ  

ahmad:5539Muḥammad > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that 'Umar had vowed -during the Jahiliyyah- to spend a day in 'Itikaf. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he commanded him to perform the 'Itikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3822)  

أحمد:٥٥٣٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ قَدْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا يَعْتَكِفُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ  

nasai-kubra:3337Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that 'Umar had vowed -during the Jahiliyyah- to spend a day in 'Itikaf. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he commanded him to perform the 'Itikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3822)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٣٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ قَدْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا يَعْتَكِفُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ «فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»  

nasai-kubra:3339Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

"Umar had made a vow to spend a night in 'Itikaf in Al-Masjid Al-Haram. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he ordered him to perform the 'Itikaf." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3821)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٣٩أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ عُمَرُ نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ اعْتِكَافِ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ «فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»  

nasai-kubra:3340Isḥāq b. Mūsá > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

It was narrated from ‘Umar that he had vowed during the days of Ignorance to spend one night in I’tikaf. He asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, so he commanded him to spend it in I’tikaf. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1772)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٣٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ

«أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةُ نَذْرٍ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْتَكِفُهَا فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»  

nasai-kubra:4743Isḥāq b. Mūsá al-Anṣārī > Sufyān > Ayyūb > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

It was narrated from ‘Umar that he had vowed during the days of Ignorance to spend one night in I’tikaf. He asked the Prophet ﷺ about it, so he commanded him to spend it in I’tikaf. (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1772)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٤٣أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الْأَنْصَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ لَيْلَةٌ نَذْرٌ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَعْتَكِفُهَا فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»  

nasai-kubra:4745Aḥmad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥakam > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that 'Umar had vowed -during the Jahiliyyah- to spend a day in 'Itikaf. He asked the Messenger of Allah about that, and he commanded him to perform the 'Itikaf. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3822)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٧٤٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ قَدْ جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ يَوْمًا يَعْتَكِفُهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ «فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»