Ruling on restricting i'tikaf to specific mosques?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
(I'tikaf) Some people have restricted it to the three mosques?
Answer:
The correct view is: it is not restricted, and it is general, and the hadith regarding this is anomalous, contradicting the authentic hadiths.
Q: Some people go to the mosques... they go to Makkah from Riyadh?
The Shaykh: The three mosques are the best of the mosques, there is nothing wrong with it, may Allah reward him with good, if the endowments permit them or if someone better than them takes it over.
(I'tikaf) Some people have restricted it to the three mosques?
Answer:
The correct view is: it is not restricted, and it is general, and the hadith regarding this is anomalous, contradicting the authentic hadiths.
Q: Some people go to the mosques... they go to Makkah from Riyadh?
The Shaykh: The three mosques are the best of the mosques, there is nothing wrong with it, may Allah reward him with good, if the endowments permit them or if someone better than them takes it over.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.