Book Name:Ehsaas e Kamtri Ki Chand Wajohat Aur Ilaj
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
نَـوَیْتُ سُنَّتَ الاعْتِکَاف
Translation: “I have made the intention of Sunnah iꜤtikāf.”
Dear Islamic brothers, whenever you enter a masjid, make the intention of iꜤtikāf, for you will then be rewarded as long as you stay in the masjid. Remember, inside a masjid there is no permission from Islamic law to eat, drink, sleep, have suḥūr or ifṭār, and not even to drink Zamzam water and the water which has been recited over and blown upon. However, if the intention of iꜤtikāf is made, all these acts will become permissible. One should not make intention to observe iꜤtikāf only to eat, drink or sleep, but he should do it to please Allah instead.
It is stated in Fatāwā Shāmī:
If someone wants to eat, drink or sleep in a masjid, he should make intention to observe iꜤtikāf and engage in the remembrance of Allah for some time. Then, he may proceed as he wishes (i.e. now if he wants to eat, drink or sleep, he can do so).