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Does
i'tikaaf have a fixed time or is it restricted to Ramadhaan?
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Question: Does i'tikaaf have a fixed
time or is it restricted to Ramadhaan, or is it permissible
in other than Ramadhaan?
Response
: What is prescribed is that it should be in Ramadhaan only.
This is because the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) did not make i'tikaaf in other than
Ramadhaan, except what he (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) did in Shawwaal, after having left
doing i'tikaaf in Ramadhaan one year, and so did it in Shawwaal.
Yet if a person was to make i'tikaaf in other than Ramadhaan
it would be permissible, because 'Umar (radhi-yallaahu 'anhu)
asked the Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) saying: "I vowed to do i'tikaaf for
a night or a day in the Masjid al-Haraam." The Messenger of
Allaah (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said: "Fulfil your vow."
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 864, Fatwa No.851;
Fiqh al-Ibaadaat libni 'Uthaymeen - Page 208
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