The Book of Itikaf
بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوَاخِرِ وَالاِعْتِكَافِ فِي الْمَسَاجِدِ كُلِّهَا:
(1) Chapter. The Itikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan. And Itikaf may be practised in any mosque.
2بَابُ الْحَائِضُ تُرَجِّلُ الْمُعْتَكِفَ:
(2) Chapter. A menstruating woman is permitted to comb the hair of a Mu’takif (i.e., a man in I’tikaf).
3بَابُ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةٍ:
(3) Chapter. (A Mutakif is not (allowed) to enter the house except for a need.
4بَابُ غَسْلِ الْمُعْتَكِفِ:
(4) Chapter. The taking of a bath by a Mutakif.
5بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ لَيْلاً:
(5) Chapter. The Itikaf at night (only).
6بَابُ اعْتِكَافِ النِّسَاءِ:
(6) Chapter. Women’s Itikaf. (A woman cannot practise I’tikaf except with the permission of her husband).
7بَابُ الأَخْبِيَةِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ:
(7) Chapter. The tents in the mosque.
8بَابُ هَلْ يَخْرُجُ الْمُعْتَكِفُ لِحَوَائِجِهِ إِلَى بَابُ الْمَسْجِدِ:
(8) Chapter. Can a Mutakif go to the gate of the mosque for a need?
9بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ:
(9) Chapter. The Itikaf and coming of the Prophet ﷺ out of Itikaf in the morning of the twentieth (of Ramadan).
10بَابُ اعْتِكَافِ الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ:
(10) Chapter. The Itikaf of a (Mustahada) woman who has bleeding in between her periods.
11بَابُ زِيَارَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا فِي اعْتِكَافِهِ:
(11) Chapter. The visit of the wife to her husband while he was in Itikaf.
12بَابُ هَلْ يَدْرَأُ الْمُعْتَكِفُ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ:
(12) Chapter. Is it permissible for the Mu’takif to defend himself (by speech or action)?
13بَابُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ اعْتِكَافِهِ عِنْدَ الصُّبْحِ:
(13) Chapter. Whoever went out of his Itikaf in the morning.
14بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ فِي شَوَّالٍ:
(14) Chapter. Itikaf in the month of Shawwal.
15بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرَ عَلَيْهِ صَوْمًا إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ:
(15) Chapter. Whoever thinks that Itikaf can be practised without fasting.
16بَابُ إِذَا نَذَرَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ ثُمَّ أَسْلَمَ:
(16) Chapter. Whoever made a vow in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance to perform Itikaf and then embraced Islam.
17بَابُ الاِعْتِكَافِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الأَوْسَطِ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ:
(17) Chapter. Itikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan.
18بَابُ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْتَكِفَ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ:
(18) Chapter. Whoever intended to practise Itikaf and then changed his mind.
19بَابُ الْمُعْتَكِفِ يُدْخِلُ رَأْسَهُ الْبَيْتَ لِلْغَسْلِ:
(19) Chapter. A Mutakif can let his head in the house for washing.
