The Reality of Prescribed I'tikaf and Group I'tikaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is the prescribed i'tikaf merely staying in the mosque, or is it necessary to be secluded from people for most of the time?
Answer:
Yes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would set aside a mat for himself, sit on it, and hide from people to be alone with his Lord, to be alone with his Lord, in seclusion with Allah. As for those who perform i'tikaf in groups, calling it group i'tikaf, this has no basis. I'tikaf is not a group activity. The one performing i'tikaf is alone in his state, worshipping Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is the prescribed i'tikaf merely staying in the mosque, or is it necessary to be secluded from people for most of the time?
Answer:
Yes. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would set aside a mat for himself, sit on it, and hide from people to be alone with his Lord, to be alone with his Lord, in seclusion with Allah. As for those who perform i'tikaf in groups, calling it group i'tikaf, this has no basis. I'tikaf is not a group activity. The one performing i'tikaf is alone in his state, worshipping Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 16-10-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (55:16)
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