٭   The Holy Nabi صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Whoever observes I’tikaf with faith and the intention to get reward, all of his previous sins will be forgiven. (Al-Jami’-us-Sagheer, pp. 516, Hadees 8480)

٭   The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: The one doing I’tikaf (for 10 days) in Ramadan is like the one who has performed Hajj and ‘Umrah twice. (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 3, pp. 425, Hadees 3966)

٭   I’tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan is ‘Sunnat-ul-Muakkadah ‘Alal Kifayah.’ (Durr-e-Mukhtar ma’ Rad-dul-Muhtar, vol. 3, pp. 430) This implies that if any one person from the whole city does I’tikaf, it will be sufficient for everyone (in the city) but if no body did it then everyone is blameworthy. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, part 5, pp. 152)

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Further important Madani pearls about ‘I’tikaf’ will be mentioned during the Tarbiyyati Halqahs. So, please attend the Tarbiyyati Halqahs to learn about these Madani pearls.

٭   Observing Sawm is not a condition for Nafl I’tikaf and there is no time limit for it either. Whenever you enter a Masjid, make the intention of I’tikaf. (Faizan-e-Ramadan, pp. 235; summarized)

٭   The most important purpose of doing I’tikaf in Ramadan is to search for Layla-tul-Qadr. (Faizan-e-Ramadan, pp. 232)

٭   The best Masjid for I’tikaf is Masjid-ul-Haraam, then Masjid-un-Nabawi  عَـلٰی صَاحِبِھَا الصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَام, then Masjid-ul-Aqsa (Bayt-ul-Muqaddas) and then any Jaami’ Masjid where the five daily Salah are offered with Jama’at.

(Faizan-e-Ramadan, pp. 240)

٭   It is a special mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ that the Mu’takif will gain the reward of even such righteous deeds he used to do outside the Masjid but can no longer perform them due to I’tikaf. It is as if he is still performing them, and their reward will be recorded for him. For example, if an Islamic