FIQH 3.156: RETIRING OF THE MU’TAKIF TO THE MOSQUE AND SETTING UP OF A TENT
Ibn Majah recorded from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet made i’tikaf during the last ten days of Ramadan. Nafi’ reported: “Ibn ‘Umar showed me the place where the Prophet would perform his i’tikaf.”
He also reported that when the Prophet performed i’tikaf, he would spread out his bed behind the repentance pole (that is, the pole that a companion had tied himself to until Allah accepted his repentance).
Abu Sa’id reported that the Prophet performed i’tikaf under a Turkish tent which had something over its openings.
Fiqh 3.156 a: Making a Vow to Perform I’tikaf in a Specific Mosque
If someone makes a vow to perform i’tikaf in the Masjid alHaram (in Makkah), the Prophet’s Mosque (in Madinah), or in the Aqsa Mosque (in Jerusalem), he is to fulfill his vow, as the Prophet said: “One should not undertake journeys except to three mosques: the Masjid al-Haram, the Aqsa mosque, or this mosque.”
If someone vows to perform i’tikaf in another mosque, it is not obligatory on him to fulfill it and he may perform that i’tikaf in any mosque, for Allah did not specify any particular place for His worship, and there is no superiority of one mosque over another (with the exception of the three mosques mentioned earlier). It has been confirmed that the Prophet said: “A prayer in my mosque is superior to one thousand prayers in any other mosque but the Masjid alHaram, and a prayer in that mosque is superior to a prayer in my mosque by one hundred prayers.”
Thus, if someone makes a vow to perform i ‘tikaf in the Prophet’s mosque, he may fulfill it in the Masjid al-Haram since that one is superior to the Prophet’s mosque.
Source: Fiqh us Sunnah
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