Are there authentic hadiths regarding the virtue of i'tikaf?
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Question:
Is it reported that: whoever performs i'tikaf for one day for the sake of Allah, Allah places three trenches between him and the Fire?
Answer:
This is a weak hadith, and all the hadiths regarding the virtue of i'tikaf are weak. What is established is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed i'tikaf; that is what is established. And so is His saying, the Exalted and Majestic is He: [al-Baqarah:187]; this is the basis. As for the hadiths regarding the virtue of i'tikaf, we do not know of any authentic hadith in them.
Is it reported that: whoever performs i'tikaf for one day for the sake of Allah, Allah places three trenches between him and the Fire?
Answer:
This is a weak hadith, and all the hadiths regarding the virtue of i'tikaf are weak. What is established is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed i'tikaf; that is what is established. And so is His saying, the Exalted and Majestic is He:
And do not have relations with them as long as you are staying for worship in the mosques
وَلَا تُبَاشِرُوهُنَّ وَأَنْتُمْ عَاكِفُونَ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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