The Method of Intending I'tikaf and Entering It
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Question:
May Allah bless you. A questioner says: The one who wants to perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the month of Ramadan for ten days, or five days, or otherwise, asks about the method of intention and entering into it?
Answer:
I'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) has no fixed limit, but it is better to do it in the last ten days. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform i'tikaf in the last ten days, all of them, peace and blessings be upon him. And if one performs i'tikaf for one day or two days, there is no harm; the matter is broad, and praise be to Allah. One sits in the mosque with the intention of worship, dhikr (the remembrance of Allah), recitation, and the like, in the last ten days, or in the first twenty days of Ramadan, or in other times; the matter is broad in this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
May Allah bless you. A questioner says: The one who wants to perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the month of Ramadan for ten days, or five days, or otherwise, asks about the method of intention and entering into it?
Answer:
I'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) has no fixed limit, but it is better to do it in the last ten days. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to perform i'tikaf in the last ten days, all of them, peace and blessings be upon him. And if one performs i'tikaf for one day or two days, there is no harm; the matter is broad, and praise be to Allah. One sits in the mosque with the intention of worship, dhikr (the remembrance of Allah), recitation, and the like, in the last ten days, or in the first twenty days of Ramadan, or in other times; the matter is broad in this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7553 — youtube.com (12:18)
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