From the Guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Last Ten Days of Ramadan

Question:
May Allah reward you and reward you with good. Your Eminence the Shaykh Salih, may Allah bless you. The Muslims, while in this blessed, blessed month, have only a few days left before they enter the last ten days of the blessed month of Ramadan. You are speaking about the virtue of these ten days and how the Muslim can benefit from them?

Answer:
Yes. The last ten days. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) exerted himself in them in a way he did not exert himself in any other time. Yes. And he would perform i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the last ten days until he departed from this world. By that, I mean he would sit in the mosque in a place surrounded by a mat, and he would be alone with Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), remembering Him and reciting His Book. So it is the month of i'tikaf, which is staying in one of the mosques where the congregational prayer is performed, for the remembrance of Allah, the recitation of the Qur'an, and righteous deeds. Yes.