Abu Sahl (Nafi’ bin Malik al-Asbahi) said: My wife had vowed to perform i’tikaf for three days in Masjid al-Haram. I asked Umar bin Abdul Aziz about this, and at that time Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri was also present with him. I said: Is fasting also obligatory upon her? Ibn Shihab said: There is no i’tikaf without fasting. Umar bin Abdul Aziz said to him: Is anything like this narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)? Zuhri said: No. He asked: Did our master Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) say anything like this? He said: No. He asked: So did our master Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) say this? He said: No. He asked: Did our master Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) say this? He replied: No. So Umar bin Abdul Aziz said: In my opinion, fasting is not obligatory upon her. After that, I left from there and met Tawus and Ata bin Abi Rabah, so I asked them about this issue as well. Thus, Tawus replied that our master Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) did not consider fasting necessary in such a case (i.e., in i’tikaf of vow), unless she also intended to fast. Ata said: This is also my opinion.