The view that restricts i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) to the three mosques
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our country, the scholars of the Sunnah issue rulings that there is no i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) except in the three mosques, and they warn people against performing i'tikaf in our local mosques. Is what they mention correct?
Answer:
No, it is not correct. This is an anomalous view, and the correct view is that[Al-Baqarah 2:187] and it did not specify the three; rather, it is all mosques. Praise be to Allah, in any mosque where the congregational prayer is performed, one may perform i'tikaf. This is a strictness imposed on people and a deprivation of people from worship and reward. Allah has been generous in this matter, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: In our country, the scholars of the Sunnah issue rulings that there is no i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) except in the three mosques, and they warn people against performing i'tikaf in our local mosques. Is what they mention correct?
Answer:
No, it is not correct. This is an anomalous view, and the correct view is that
as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques
وَأَنتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين11-05-1437هـ — alfawzan.live (1:02:13)
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