Fatwa ID: 07910

 

 

Answered by Maulana Muhammad Altaf Hossen.

 

 

Question:

1) in our Masjid, there is also a separate room for kitchen, can a Mu´takif go in the kitchen to make himself something to eat or to take stuff from the fridge ?

2) the showers of the Masjid are in the same room of the wudhu khaana, can the mu´takif make sunnah ghusl there, or only fardh ghusl?

3) in the Masjid, there is a small room on the side in which all the mic-system etc. is, can the Mu´takif enter this room, especially if the Imam is doing i´tikaaf and needs to on the mic. etc. ?

4) can someone due to work or other reasons just do as much days of i´tikaaf he can do, even if its not 10 days?

5) does every day of I´tikaf count separately and thus he has to make Niyyah for every day again or will he make niyyah once for all the 10 days ?

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

 

Answer:

1)  In your statement there is a separate room for the kitchen in the Masjid,  a Mu´takif can go into the kitchen to make himself something to eat or to take stuff from the fridge within the Masjid. He should not go out of the  Masjid. (i)

 

2) The showers of the Masjid are in the same room as the wudhu khaana,  the mu´takif can make sunnah ghusl there, or  Fardh ghusl both.  He should take a pot of water and take a shower. but he should do it quickly.   (ii)

 

3) )  There is a small room in the Masjid on the side in which all the  mic-systems etc.  the Mu´takif  can enter this room,

Especially if the Imam is doing i´tikaf, He can make the mic system ready for usage purposes.

 

4)   Someone due to work or other reasons just do as many days of i´tikaf as he can do, even if it is not 10 days.  This will be the Nafl I’tikaf.  (iv)

 

5)   Mu’takif has to make Niyyah once for all 10 days in the state of Sunnat -E- Muakkadah Kifayyah I’tikaf.  ( iv)

 

Finally a Mu’takif should stay in the masjid area only he can go outside of the Masjid for wadhu, ghusl, firing in the Masjid, and food if there is no alternative way.

 

 

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Muhammad Altaf Hossen.

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

 

 

Reference:

(i and ii )Fatwa Mahmudiah. Chapter :Babul  Itikaf  Page: 244  Pdf

 

(iii) Fatwa Mahmudiah. Chapter :Babul  Itikaf  Page: 244  Pdf

 

(iv)Fatwa Mahmudiah. Chapter :Babul  Itikaf  Page: 245  Pdf