Those who said: there is no itikaf except in a mosque where Friday prayer is held

Ibrahim said: Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) once came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him, "Are you not amazed at the people who are sitting in i'tikaf between your house and the house of al-Ash'ari, meaning in the mosque?" Sayyiduna Abdullah said, "Perhaps they are right and you are mistaken." Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Do you not know that i'tikaf is only in three mosques: first, al-Masjid al-Haram; second, al-Masjid al-Aqsa; and third, the Mosque of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? In my view, observing i'tikaf in this mosque in which those people are sitting in i'tikaf and observing i'tikaf in the marketplace are the same."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I'tikaf is only in a misr jami' (a city with a congregational mosque).

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: There is no i'tikaf except in a misr jami' (a city with a congregational mosque).

Shaddad bin al-Azma' said: A man sat in i'tikaf in the Great Mosque and pitched a tent. The people pelted him with pebbles. This news reached Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), so he sent a man who kept the people away from him, and he approved of what the man had done.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: I'tikaf is only valid in the mosque of a prophet.

Al-Zuhri said: I'tikaf can only be in a jami' mosque (where the Friday prayer is held).

Shu'bah said: I asked al-Hakam and Hammad about i'tikaf, and they said: I'tikaf can only be in a jami' mosque (where the Friday prayer is held).

Abu Ja'far said: I'tikaf can only be in a jami' mosque (where the Friday prayer is held).

Urwah said: I'tikaf can only be in a congregational mosque.