{"id":13860,"date":"2020-03-11T16:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=13860"},"modified":"2020-03-11T23:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T23:07:16","slug":"to-decrease-the-number-of-days-in-a-sunnat-itikaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/to-decrease-the-number-of-days-in-a-sunnat-itikaf\/","title":{"rendered":"To Decrease the Number of Days in a Sunnat Itikaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFatwa ID: 03423<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswered by: (Mufti) Mohammed Tosir Miah\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tQuestion<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAssalamualikum<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA girl made niyyat of 10-day Sunnat Itikaf and now finds it very difficult to complete it. And wants to decrease from 10 to 4 or 5 days. Is it a sin? And is it possible?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t <\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnswer:<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

\n\tItikaf means literally to retreat and Islamically means to enter the mosque with the intention of worship.  (Raddul Muhtar p.428 v.3)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere are three types of Itikaf:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t \n<\/p>\n

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  1. \n\t\tWajib: To vow or pledge to enter the mosque for the sake of Allah upon the fulfilment of some vow or wish.  The least duration of wajib Itikaf is one day and night and it must be accompanied by a fast.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  2. \n\t\tSunnat Muakkada: To reside the last ten days and nights of Ramadhan in the Mosque is Sunnat Muakkadah Al-Kifayah.  If a person from the community fulfils it, the obligation from the entire community will be uplifted.  If not, all will be sinful.<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n
  3. \n\t\tMustuhub or Nafl: This Itikaf can be done for any amount of time, even for a few minutes.  Fasting is not a condition for this type of Itikaf.  (Raddul Muhtar p.430-p.431 v.3)<\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \n\tThe sister in question should endeavour to complete the full ten days of the Sunnah Itikaf, however, if for some reason she can not do the full ten days, she will have to do qadha for that day in which she broke the Itikaf. In other words, she will only do qadha of one day. The qadha of this Itikaf can be done in the month of Ramadhan or after. (Ahsanul Fatawa p.502 v.4) However, some scholars are of the view that it is best to do qadha of all the ten days. (Fatawa Rahimiyah p.110 v.3)<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

    \n\tOnly Allah Knows Best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tWritten by (Mufti) Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\tDarul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

    \n\t \n<\/p>\n

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    Fatwa ID: 03423 Answered by: (Mufti) Mohammed Tosir Miah\u200b Question Assalamualikum A girl made niyyat of 10-day Sunnat Itikaf and now finds it very difficult…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13860"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13893,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13860\/revisions\/13893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}