The time of entering the mosque for i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the last ten days
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Question:
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. If one wants to perform i'tikaf in the last ten days, does he enter the mosque at Maghrib on the twentieth of Ramadan, or at Fajr on the twenty-first?
Answer:
This depends on his intention. If he wants the day, the beginning of the day is when the dawn breaks, so he enters then. If he wants to start the i'tikaf from the night, he enters when the sun sets. Yes.
May Allah keep you safe, Honorable Shaykh. If one wants to perform i'tikaf in the last ten days, does he enter the mosque at Maghrib on the twentieth of Ramadan, or at Fajr on the twenty-first?
Answer:
This depends on his intention. If he wants the day, the beginning of the day is when the dawn breaks, so he enters then. If he wants to start the i'tikaf from the night, he enters when the sun sets. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 32 من 32|شرح أحاديث الصيام من كتاب المنتقى|اعتكاف في المساجد الثلاثة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (8:56)
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