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

The Knowledge of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī  رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ عَلَیْہِ

اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللہ                                                               وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا حَبِیْبَ اللہ

اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللہ                                                                                  وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا نُوْرَ اللہ

نَـوَیْتُ سُنَّتَ الاعْتِکَاف  

I make intention of Sunnah iꜤtikāf.

Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter a masjid, make an intention of performing iʿtikāf whenever you remember. If you do this, then for as long as you stay inside, you will earn the reward of iʿtikāf.

Remember! Normally in masājid, Islamic law does not give us permission to eat, drink, sleep, partake in suḥūr or ifṭār, or even drink Zamzam water. Yet, if one makes an intention of iʿtikāf, he will be allowed to do these actions in the masjid. It is also important that one shouldn’t make this intention of iʿtikāf just to eat, drink, or sleep. It should be done only to please Allah Almighty.

As mentioned in Fatāwā Shāmī: “If someone wants to eat, drink, or sleep in a masjid, he should intend iʿtikāf, perform dhikr of Allah, and then do what he desires.”

The excellences of reciting ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

The final Prophet of Allah, our master Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: