[www.keralites.net] I'tikaf is a great Sunnah:

 

There is no doubt that I'tikaf is a great Sunnah:
 

Aishah (RA) reported that the Prophet (Salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam): "Used to perform i'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan until Allah the Mighty Majestic, took him." (Bukhari Muslim)

Abu Said reported that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: "Whoever makes I`tikaf with me is to make I'tikaf during the last ten [nights]." (Bukhari)

Imam Ahmad said, as was narrated from him by Abu Daawood: "I have not heard from any of the scholars that it is anything other than Sunnah."

Az-Zuhri said: "How strange the Muslims are! They have given up I'tikaf, despite the fact that the Prophet, (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), never abandoned this practice from the time he came to Madinah until his death."
 

The benefits rewards for sitting I'tikaf are immense:

Ali Ibn Hussain (RA) narrates from his father that Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: "He who observes the ten days I'tikaf during Ramadhan will obtain the reward of two Hajj two Umrah." (Bayhaqi)

Abdullah bin Abbas (RA) reported that Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam) said: "Whosoever for Allah's sake did even one days i'tikaf, Allah would keep him away from Jahannam by trenches." (Tabarani)

Ibn Abbas (RA) reported that the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, (about him who engages in i'tikaf), "that he is safe from sin he also gets that reward which everyone (outside i'tikaf) gets for pious deeds." (Ibn Majah)

What an amazing opportunity for us to gain such immense abundant rewards aswell as closeness to Allah. We can also take this opportunity to strengthen boost our imaan (faith) for the rest of the year.

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