Advice for the One in I'tikaf
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Question:
What is your advice, Honorable Shaykh, at the end of these hadiths for the one in i'tikaf? What do you advise him? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
We advise him to be sincere in his intention for Allah the Exalted, to occupy the time of i'tikaf with worship, and not to occupy the time of i'tikaf with sleep and laziness, considering i'tikaf to be sleep. Likewise, he should not waste the i'tikaf by exchanging visits with others, or by opening his door to receive visitors and converse with them, for this occupies him from the i'tikaf.
What is your advice, Honorable Shaykh, at the end of these hadiths for the one in i'tikaf? What do you advise him? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
We advise him to be sincere in his intention for Allah the Exalted, to occupy the time of i'tikaf with worship, and not to occupy the time of i'tikaf with sleep and laziness, considering i'tikaf to be sleep. Likewise, he should not waste the i'tikaf by exchanging visits with others, or by opening his door to receive visitors and converse with them, for this occupies him from the i'tikaf.
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 (10:08)
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