اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ رَبِّ الْعٰلَمِیْنَ وَ الصَّلٰوۃُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلٰی سَیِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِیْنَ ^ط

اَمَّا بَعْدُ فَاَعُوْذُ بِاللّٰہِ مِنَ الشَّیْطٰنِ الرَّجِیْمِ ^ط  بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّ حِیْم ^ط

Protect Your Gaze

وَعَلٰى اٰلِكَ وَاَصۡحٰبِكَ يَا حَبِيۡبَ اللّٰه                                                                                                                اَلصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيۡكَ يَا رَسُوۡلَ اللّٰه

وَعَلٰى اٰلِكَ وَاَصۡحٰبِكَ يَا نُوۡرَ اللّٰه                                                                                                                            اَلصَّلٰوةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيۡكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللّٰه

نَوَيۡتُ سُنَّتَ الۡاِعۡتِكَافِ

I make intention of Sunna iꜤtikāf.

Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter a masjid, make the intention of iꜤtikāf, for you will then continuously gain the reward of iꜤtikāf as long as you stay inside. Remember, eating, drinking, sleeping, having saḥūr or ifṭār, or even drinking Zamzam water or the water upon which prayers have been recited is not permitted inside a masjid. If the intention of iꜤtikāf is made, all of these acts become permissible. One should not make this intention solely to eat, drink, or sleep; rather, it should be made to please Allah.

As mentioned in Fatāwā Shāmī:

If somebody wishes to eat, drink, or sleep in a masjid, he should make an intention of iꜤtikāf and engage in the dhikr of Allah for some time. Then, he may proceed as he wishes (i.e. now if he wants to eat, drink or sleep, he can do so).”

The Virtue of Sending salat upon the Prophet

The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the sovereign of land and sea and the emperor of both worlds, stated: