Book Name:Bemari kay Faiday
اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ وَ الصَّلٰوۃُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلٰی سَیِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ ط
اَمَّا بَعْدُ فَاَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْمِ ط بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّ حِیْم ط
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا حَبِیْبَ اللہ
اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللہ وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا نُوْرَ اللہ
نَوَيۡتُ سُنَّتَ الۡاِعۡتِكَافِ
Translation: I have made the intention of Sunnah I’tikaf.
Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter a Masjid, upon remembering, make the intention of I’tikaf because then as long as you stay in the Masjid you will keep getting the reward of I’tikaf. Remember! Inside the Masjids, there is no Shar’i permission to eat, drink, sleep, do Sahari and Iftari, or even to drink Zamzam water and the water on which Dam has been performed. However, if the intention of I’tikaf is made, all these acts will become permissible. One should not make intention to observe I’tikaf only to eat, drink or sleep, but rather one should do it for pleasing Allah Almighty.
It is stated in Fatawa Shaami: If someone wants to eat, drink, or sleep in a Masjid, he should make intention to observe I’tikaf, then do Zikr of Allah Almighty for some time, after which he can do whatever he wishes (i.e. now if he wants to eat, drink, or sleep, he can do so.)
Virtue of Salat upon the Prophet
It is stated by the Last Prophet of Allah Almighty صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم,
حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُمْ فَصَلُّوْا عَلَیَّ فَاِنَّ صَلَاتَكُمْ تَبْلُغُنِیْ
Translation: Wherever you may be, recite Salat upon me because your Salat reaches me. (Mu’jam Kabeer, vol. 3, p. 82, Hadees 2729)
صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب