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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»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2032Musaddad > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

ʿUmar asked the Prophet ﷺ "I vowed in the Pre-Islamic period of ignorance to stay in Iʿtikaf for one night in Al-Masjid al-Haram." The Prophet ﷺ said to him, "Fulfill your vow."  

البخاري:٢٠٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كُنْتُ نَذَرْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ أَعْتَكِفَ لَيْلَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَالَ فَأَوْفِ بِنَذْرِكَ  

bukhari:2043ʿUbayd b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar > ʿUmar

that ʿUmar had vowed in the Pre-Islamic period to perform Iʿtikaf in Al-Masjid-al-Haram. (A subnarrator thinks that ʿUmar vowed to perform Iʿtikaf for one night.) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to ʿUmar, "Fulfill your vow."  

البخاري:٢٠٤٣حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ عُمَرَ ؓ نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَالَ أُرَاهُ قَالَ لَيْلَةً قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْفِ بِنَذْرِكَ  

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:3821Muḥammad 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."  

النسائي:٣٨٢١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ عَلَى عُمَرَ نَذْرٌ فِي اعْتِكَافِ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَلِكَ 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  

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  

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:4744Muḥammad 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:٤٧٤٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ نَذْرٌ فِي اعْتِكَافِ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ «فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ»