ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Hundreds of faithful will start observing Aitekaf – an optional worship observed by Muslims during the last 10 days of Ramazan – across the Country at mosques from Tuesday (Ramadan-ul-Mubarak 20).
Like men, women also confine themselves to a small place inside a mosque or in the house to observe Aitekaf which is termed by Scholars as a process for self-purification.
Meanwhile almost all major mosques have already completed the registration process for Aitekaf.
Mosques in the Federal Capital have already been decorated where places to the worshippers have been allocated on the first come first served basis because of an ever increasing number of those willing to observe Aitekaf.
Over 700 faithful from Twin Cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will observe Aitekaf at Faisal Mosque in Islamabad this year.
Likewise a large number of faithful will also observe Aitekaf at almost all mosques of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
In major mosques, special arrangements are made for Motakafeen (Aitekaf observers) to impart them education about Fiqhai problems besides lectures from religious scholars.
Religious Scholars deliver lectures on different issues on daily basis, and it continues till the moon sighting of Shawal.
