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 DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad 20th day of Ramadhaan (Sunday 2nd May 2021). SOME BASIC RULES OF ITIKAAF. BismilLah. 


Undoubtedly i’tikaaf in the mosque is an act of worship, and (observing it) in Ramadaan is better than at other times. It is prescribed in Ramadaan and at other times. 


The basic principle is that i’tikaaf is Sunnah, not obligatory, so those who can do it must strive to do so. A person should stay in a mosque for the duration of the I’tikaf (except for certain things as going out to ease yourself if the masjid has no toilet facilities).


One of our mothers Aa’ishah may ALLAH be pleased with her reported that when the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) observed I’tikaf, he did not enter the house except to relieve himself. Narrated by Muslim (297).


Similarly, you also needs to eat and drink. If you do not have anyone who can bring you food and drink, then you may go out to get them if you need to. For everything that you cannot do without and cannot do in the mosque, you may go out for that purpose, and that does not invalidate your I’tikaf, so long as you do not divert into any worldly gains. 


A person is prohibited from engaging in sexual relations with his wives during the period of I’tikaf. ALLAH tells us in the Quran:

“And do not have sexual relations with them (your wives) while you are in I’tikaf (i.e. confining oneself in a mosque for prayers and invocations leaving the worldly activities) in the mosques” [Surah. al-Baqarah 2:187].


A person may leave the mosque if he or she is extremely sick. That for a person in I’tikaf who is so sick that it is too hard for him to stay in the mosque because he needs to be in his bed, and he needs to be helped and to be visited by the doctor  etc, it is permissible for him to leave the mosque Al-Nawawi (may ALLAH have mercy on him) stated in al-Majmoo’ (6/545). A wife must not take part without the permission of her husband. Non married sisters can participate only if a masjid arrange sisters facilities in the masjid or a secure place for them under strict guidelines.


Scholars has said that one of the greatest aims of I’tikaf is to seek Laylat al-Qadr, and (to observe I’tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan. Same A person should come out of I’tikaf when Ramadan ends. Ramadan ends when the sun sets on the night of Eid. Fataawa al-Siyaam, p. 502. (Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen). 


May ALLAH keep guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences. Aameen.

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