Early Practices Of Itekhaf And Salah
Please see Seerat Ibn Hisham, one of the earliest records of Seera, which mentions the ritual of meditation as a practice in Quresh.
Please refer to the following segment from the 23 Questions Series (Episode 46) in which Ghamidi Sahab cites the relevant passage from Ibn Hisham regarding the practice of itekaf in the Cave of Hira: Discussion 44130 • Reply 45598 As for the practice of Salah among certain companions before Islam, there are several narrations in the Hadith corpus that point to this. You can find these narrations along with their references in the following section of Meezan: https://www.javedahmadghamidi.com/books/5aa6a4315e891e8f44a45788?chapterNo=5&subChapterNo=0&subChsecNo=0&lang=ur