Category: Itikaaf

Kitaabus Saum – Mufti Afzal Elias Says Allama Ibn?i?Qaiyyim Radiallâhu anhu: “The basic purpose of I’tikâf is that the heart gets attached to Allâh and, with it,...

Nathr Ghair Muayyan I’tikaaf is an I’tikaaf, the observance of which is not pledged for any specific days. One merely vows to observe I’tikaaf for two days….

Abu Saeed Khudri (Radhiallahu anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallaahu alayhi Wasallam) once performed ‘I’tikaaf’ in a tent (inside the Masjid) for the first ten days of Ramadan…

The meaning of ‘I’tikaaf’ is to seclude oneself in the Mosque, with the express intention (Niyyat)of ‘I’tikaaf’. According to the Hanafi school of thought, this may be of three different types…..