Sahih al-Bukhari
Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (I'tikaf) — Hadith #1952
Scholarly Consensus: Sahih How we grade
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، أَنَّ نَافِعًا، أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ.
Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to practice I`tikaf in the last ten days of the month of Ramadan.
Minority Scholarly View
al-Albani:
Disputed tradition (Ahmad expressed reservations)
Response: s-oman.net: Imam Ahmad questioned it per al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' 6:10. Majority accept it.
s-oman.net forum; al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' 6:10
Response: s-oman.net: Imam Ahmad questioned it per al-Dhahabi's Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' 6:10. Majority accept it.
s-oman.net forum; al-Dhahabi, Siyar A'lam al-Nubala' 6:10
The majority scholarly consensus grades this hadith as sahih. The note above reflects a minority view. Learn more →
Narrator:
Ibn Umar
Chain of Narration (Isnad)
Hadith Grading
Each grade below reflects one scholar's assessment of the chain of transmission. The grade describes the chain, not the Prophet's words. How we grade
Scholarly Consensus: Sahih