English translation
2032. Narrated Ibn 'Umar رضي الله عنهما: 'Umar رضي الله عنه، "I vowed in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance to stay in Itikāf for one night in Al-Masjid-al-Ḥarām.” The Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Fulfil your vow.”
Hadith 2032
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Darussalam · Volume 3
33 - THE BOOK OF I'TIKĀF[i.e., to confine oneself in a mosque for Ṣalāt (prayers) and invocations leaving the worldly activities for a limited number of days].Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 48
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Arabic text
٢٠٣٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ: أَخْبَرَنِي نَافِعٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ﵄: «أَنَّ عُمَرَ سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: كُنْتُ نَذَرْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ أَعْتَكِفَ لَيْلَةً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ؟ قَالَ: فَأَوْفِ بِنَذْرِكَ.»
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(1) (H.2029) Such need may be to answer the call of nature and performing ablution. Scholars differ as to whether it is permissible also for a Mu'takif to eat or drink outside the mosque. (Fath Al-Bārī)