Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf)

كتاب الاعتكاف

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Whoever intended I'tikaf and then changed his mind

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Hadith 16

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ENGLISH

Narrated Ibn `Umar:

that `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."

ARABIC

‏ أَوْفِ بِنَذْرِكَ ‏