(He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has further said that) Due to I’tikaf, good deeds such as visiting the graveyard, meeting Muslims, visiting the sick, attending a funeral Salah etc. from which the Mu’takif is deprived of doing due to the I’tikaf, he will continue to attain their rewards as it is given to the performers of these deeds. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 3, pp. 217)

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! On behalf of Dawat-e-Islami, a global non-political movement for the propagation of Quran and Sunnah, congregational I’tikafs are held in various cities around the world in which a proper training schedule is presented on behalf of Majlis-e-Shura. In this training schedule, an effort is made to do Madani Tarbiyyat of the lovers of Ramadan who observe I’tikaf according to the schedule given by Majlis-e-Shura. The congregational I’tikaf began like this:

A few years before the launching of Dawat-e-Islami, in the blessed month of Ramadan, Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه observed I’tikaf alone in ‘Noor Masjid’, Kaghazi Bazar Meethadar, Bab-ul-Madinah (Karachi) where he used to lead the Salah. The following year, 2 Islamic brothers joined him thorough his individual efforts. Then by the blessings and friendly attitude of Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه, a year came when this number reached 28 brothers; the fame of this congregational I’tikaf spread far and wide.

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Dawat-e-Islami was established in that same year and the first congregational I’tikaf by Dawat-e-Islami was conducted in the very first Madani Markaz, ‘Gulzar-e-Habib Masjid’ (Gulistan-e-Okarvi, Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi) observed by 60 Islamic brothers in the company of Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه, and until today, this congregational I’tikaf has not only been observed in Pakistan but is also observed in different countries, thus, this whole-month congregational I’tikaf and the last 10-days Sunnah I’tikaf are observed in numerous Masajid throughout the world in which thousands of Islamic brothers become Mu’takifeen, and besides other acts of worship they acquire Islamic knowledge and learn the blessed Sunnah. In addition to this, many Mu’takifeen travel with Madani Qafilahs at the end of this blessed month in the night of the new moon, with lovers of the Beloved Rasool for one month, 12-days or a 3-day Madani Qafilah to learn the blessed Sunnah.