I'tikaf: Difference between revisions

According to some hadiths, [[Masjid al-Haram]], [[al-Masjid al-Nabawi]], [[Masjid al-Kufa]] and the mosque of [[Basra]] are the only places for I'tikaf, but according to some others, every [[Masjid al-Jami']] (the main and usually biggest mosque of a city) or every mosque that a just Imam has performed [[friday prayer|Jum'ah]] or [[Congregational prayer]] in it is suitable for I'tikaf.<ref>Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 176; Mufīd, ''Al-Muqnaʿa'', p. 363.</ref>

Based on hadiths, Shi'a jurists ([[faqih]]) have different opinions here. Most of the earlier faqihs supported the first group of hadiths<ref>See: Ṣadūq, ''al-muqniʿ'', p. 18; also see: Sayyid Murtaḍā, ''Al-Intiṣār'', p. 72; Ṭūsī, ''Al-Khilāf'', vol. 2, p. 272. </ref> while in the following centuries this speciality were doubted. For instance, [[al-Shahid al-Awwal]] and [[al-Shahid al-Thani]]<ref>Shahīd al-Thānī, ''al-Rawḍat al-Bahīyya'', vol. 2, p. 150.</ref> said that limiting the place of I'tikaf to the [[Four Mosques]], is a very weak opinion. Moreover, some faqihs allowed I'tikaf in every mosque with the intention of ''Rajāʾ'' <ref>Khomeini, ''Taḥrīr al-wasīla'', vol. 1, p. 305.</ref>(hoping to receive a probable reward rather than the assured one, because the faqih is not sure whether this act is really Mustahab or not). Nowadays most of contemporary faqihs permit performing I'tikaf in Masjid al-Jami' and some other important mosque of each city.