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==I'tikaf before Islam== | ==I'tikaf before Islam== | ||
Although Muslims learned how to perform I'tikaf from [[The Prophet (s)|their Prophet]],<ref>Mālik, '' | Although Muslims learned how to perform I'tikaf from [[The Prophet (s)|their Prophet]],<ref>Mālik, ''al-Muwaṭṭaʾ'', vol. 1, p. 314.</ref> there was a ritual similar to I'tikaf prevalent amongst Arabs before Islam. For instance, it has been narrated that [['Umar b. al-Khattab]] asked the Prophet (s) that he had [[nadhr|vowed]] during the [[Jahiliyya|Ignorance era]] to stay in [[Masjid al-Haram]] for a night and the Prophet (s) told him to fulfill it.<ref>Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 3, p. 105-110; Ibn Māja, ''Sunan ibn Māja'', vol.1, p. 563.</ref> | ||
==The Prophet's I'tikaf== | ==The Prophet's I'tikaf== | ||