‘Itikaf in Ramadan

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa Raḥmatullāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu Billāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. Bismillāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi Rasūlillāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Shaykh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Shaykh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

We are reaching the end of Ramadan. The last duty is ‘Itikaf now. To make ‘Itikaf is Sunnah of our Holy Prophet ﷺ. He used to make it every year. For us, if only someone makes it, the rest are released from it.

‘Itikaf is like Khalwa/seclusion. It is made in a mosque. But the food to be eaten is the normal food of a fasting person. Some people think wrongly that it should only be lentils. No, you can eat everything you want.

It has a great virtue. It is made closer to the end of Ramadan. May Allah ﷻ accept it from those who make it. May He ﷻ let us reach many more years insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 19 April 2022/ 18 Ramadan 1443 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah

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