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Omar Suleiman

Women Itikaf At Mosques Or At Homes

Omar Suleiman

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2016

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Virtues of Laylat Al Qadr – Women I’tikaf at Mosques or at Homes?

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This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. But can they observe Airtikaf in their home? There are different forms of Airtikaf. There are different forms of Airtikaf. There's the technical Airtikaf, is air-tikaf in the Masjid, which is for men and for women, by the way.

0:27.0

If your Masjid has the accommodations for sisters to be able to do that, then it's a suna for women to do as well.

0:33.0

So the wives of the Prophet of Islam used to observe Airtikaf as well in Somat the Sahabia.

0:37.0

But again, it has to be the proper accommodation.

0:40.0

We don't want any funny business happening in Anbania getting blamed, right?

0:43.4

So if women have their area and men have their area, then Erticaf can take place in shallow for both men and women.

0:48.8

That's the technical Erticaf, which is seclusion in the Masjid of the Prophet of the Prophet's some or any other Masjid.

0:55.0

Now as far as the spiritual meaning of Ertikaf, which isn't the technical way, all right, which is basically

1:02.0

just isolation and you know secluding yourself from people and secluding yourself in Ibada,

1:08.0

that's also rewardable and that's also something that's blessed and it's also something.

1:12.0

There's a

1:15.0

your hadith where the prophet some says,

1:14.0

well, yes, a k habeik, that's your house.

1:16.0

I mean, I don't even know how to translate that properly,

1:18.0

but find comfort in your home, basically.

1:20.0

Okay?

1:21.0

And we find, you know, different narrations of different Salaf hafso bin

1:24.8

sariin radin radi al-Aah al-Haah al-Ahinhah al-Haah al-Haah al-Haah al-A-Ahmahmah al-Hahadh, basically in her home, right?

1:29.2

Right, where she would go into seclusion, she wouldn't come out except to fulfill her needs basically so yes men and

1:35.6

women and by the way you know if you're not doing the air ticaf in the Masjut all right

1:41.4

then kyam as a whole is better at home than it is in the Masood.

1:45.0

So Kiam, aside from Eratikaf, is just it's better at home than it is at the Masjith anyway.

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