What is i'tikaf?

I'tikaf is to retire to a mosque during the last ten days of Ramadan and to devote oneself exclusively to acts of worship day and night.

Doing i'tikaf in the holy month of Ramadan is sunnat-i muakkada. However, because i'tikaf is sunnat-i kifaya, if a few Muslims in a quarter perform it, then this sunnat will lapse from other Muslims. Therefore, those who are able to do so should perform i'tikaf. A person who observes i'tikaf eats, drinks, and sleeps in a mosque.

(He who performs i'tikaf for two days in Ramadan receives rewards as if he performed two [voluntary] pilgrimages.) [Bayhaqi]

(Performing i'tikaf for a day for the sake of Allah keeps a person much farther away from Hell.) [Tabarani, Hakim]

The i'tikaf that is done during the last ten days of Ramadan is sunnat-i kifaya. One can perform it less than this, for a day or for a few hours. It is a condition that a person who is observing i'tikaf should be fasting.

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