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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A woman’s i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the mosque or her worship at home

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Question:
This questioner says: What is better for a woman, to perform i'tikaf in the mosque or to worship Allah in her home?

Answer:
Both are good, but her i'tikaf in the mosque is an exception.
Do not prevent the women of Allah from the mosques of Allah, and let them go outلا تمنعوا إماء الله مساجد الله وليخرجن
Sunan ad-Darimi 2:93
They should go out, they should leave the mosque for prayer for i'tikaf, there is no obstacle, the obligatory prayer, the tarawih prayer, the eclipse prayer, the prayer for rain, there is no harm, this is fine, yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 05 من 05/ دورة علمية في شرح كتاب الصيام من بلوغ المرام / الاعتكاف / صالح الفوزان / الفقه — youtube.com (38:50)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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