Category:Itikaf

**Itikaf**
	Islamic and Sufi practice
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Instance of	Islamic term; Sufi terminology;
Subclass of	spiritual retreat;
Part of	Ramadan; Al-Baqarah (125 ayah, 187 ayah); Al-Aʻrāf (138 ayah); Ta-Ha (91 ayah, 97 ayah); Al-Anbiya (52 ayah); Al-Ḥajj (25 ayah); Ash-Shu'ara (71 ayah); Al-Fath (25 ayah);
Facet of	Ibadah;
Main subject	Taḥannut̲h̲; Khalwa;
Name in native language	اِعْتِكَافٌ;
Named after	Khalwa; ʿUzla;
Commemorates	Ramadan; Ten Last Days of Ramadan;
Depicts	Fard and Nafl
Culture	Arab world; Muslim world;
Genre	spiritual practice; religious activity; cult; devotion; invocation;
Location	world; worldwide;
Country of origin	Hejaz;
Author	Muhammad;
Illustrator	Muhammad's wives; companions of the Prophet; tabi‘un;
Language of work or name	Arabic;
Has use	dhikr; Wird; Wazifa (Wazifa Zarruqiyya, Wazifa Nawawiyya); Tilawa; salah; fasting in Islam; Qiyam al-Layl; Tahajjud; Sadaqah; Islamic studies; Quranic studies; science of hadith; Sufi studies;
Operator	Muslim; Sufi;
Based on	waḥy; Tanzil; Qur’an; Sunnah; hadith; Prophetic biography;
Has part(s)	oral communication; Mental prayer; mental process; physical activity;
Location of creation	Mecca; Medina;
Inception	631 (before 632, after 610);
Significant event	Laylat al-Qadr; Laylat al-Jaiza; Zakat al-Fitr;
Part of the series	Taklif; Ahkam;
Duration	9 d (Hilal Shawwal); 10 d (Hilal Shawwal);
Religion or worldview	Islam; Sufism;
Different from	solitude;
Said to be the same as	Khalwa
Partially coincident with	ʿUzla;
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English: Iʿtikāf (Arabic: اعتكاف‎) is an Islamic practice consisting of a period of retreat in a mosque for a certain number of days in accordance with the believer's own wish.