{"id":28916,"date":"2023-10-31T17:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=28916"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:57:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T17:57:26","slug":"is-itikaaf-required-in-every-masjid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-itikaaf-required-in-every-masjid\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Itikaaf Required in Every Masjid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 06818<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by: Mufti Mohammed Dilwar Hussain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><u>Question:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If there is a locality which has 2 mosques in it and some of the people of that locality sit in one of the mosques for itikaaf but no one sits in the other mosque. will they still be sinful?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>In the name of <\/strong><\/u><em><u><strong>All<\/strong><\/u><\/em><em><u><strong>\u0101<\/strong><\/u><\/em><em><u><strong>h<\/strong><\/u><\/em><u><strong>, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><u><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>All\u0101h Ta\u2019\u0101l\u0101<\/em> has made the performing of <em>I\u2019tik\u0101f<\/em> compulsory upon the <em>Ummah<\/em>. As long as a few individuals from every locality perform it, the mandate will be considered fulfilled for that locality. However, if no one in a locality performs <em>I\u2019tik\u0101f<\/em> then the entire locality will be held accountable and stand sinful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The conditions for its fulfilment are that it is completed in the final ten days of <em>Ramadh\u0101n<\/em> while in the state of fasting. [<em>Radd ul-Muht\u0101r: vol. 3, pg. 428<\/em>] [1]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The performance of <em>I\u2019tik<\/em><em>\u0101f <\/em>is not mandatory in every<em> Masjid<\/em>. Ideally, it should be done in the <em>J\u0101mi\u2019 Masjid<\/em> (i.e., the largest <em>Masjid<\/em> in the locality). This would suffice the obligation of <em>I\u2019tik\u0101f <\/em>in that locality. [<em>Radd ul-Muht\u0101r: vol. 3, pg. 429<\/em>] [2]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only <em>All\u0101h Ta\u2019\u0101l\u0101 <\/em>knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Mufti Mohammed Dilwar Hussain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[1]\u0623\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0645 \u0634\u0631\u0637 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u0639\u0636 \u0623\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0639 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u062a\u0643\u0627\u0641 \u0648\u0647\u0648 \u0648\u0627\u062c\u0628 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0631\u0637 \u064a\u062a\u0642\u062f\u0645 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0634\u0631\u0648\u0637\u060c \u0648\u0625\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u062a\u0643\u0627\u0641 \u064a\u0637\u0644\u0628 \u0645\u0624\u0643\u062f\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0634\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u062e\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0646 \u0631\u0645\u0636\u0627\u0646 \u0641\u064a\u062e\u062a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u0648\u0645 \u0628\u0647<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">[2]\u0644\u0628\u062b. \u0630\u0643\u0631. \u0648\u0644\u0648 \u0645\u0645\u064a\u0632\u0627 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u062c\u0645\u0627\u0639\u0629 \u0647\u0648 \u0645\u0627 \u0644\u0647 \u0625\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0648\u0645\u0624\u0630\u0646 \u0623\u062f\u0651\u064a\u062a \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0645\u0633 \u0623\u0648 \u0644\u0627\u061f \u0648\u0639\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0645\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0634\u062a\u0631\u0627\u0637 \u0623\u062f\u0627\u0621 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0645\u0633 \u0641\u064a\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0635\u062d\u062d\u0647 \u0628\u0639\u062f\u0647\u0645 \u0642\u0627\u0644 \u0644\u0627 \u064a\u0635\u062d \u0641\u064a \u0643\u0644 \u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0635\u062d\u062d\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0631\u0648\u062c\u064a\u060c \u0648\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u0645\u0639 \u0641\u0635\u062d\u0648\u0627 \u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0645\u0637\u0644\u0642\u0627 \u0627\u062a\u0641\u0627\u0642\u0627<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 06818 &nbsp; Answered by: Mufti Mohammed Dilwar Hussain &nbsp; Question: &nbsp; If there is a locality which has 2 mosques in it and&#8230;<\/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":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28922,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28916\/revisions\/28922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}