2- The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) strove
to seek that night before he was told when it is. So he started with
the first ten days, then he observed it during the middle ten, then he
continued to observe i'tikaaf during thelast ten days, when he was
told that it is in the last ten days. This is the utmost effort to
seek Laylat al-Qadr.
3- The Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleased with them) followed the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him),
because they started i'tikaaf and continued with him until the end of
the month, because they were so keen to follow hisexample.
4- The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) was compassionate towards his companions and showed mercy to
them, because he knew that i'tikaaf was difficult for them. So he gave
them the choice between staying with him or of leaving, and said: "…so
whoever among you wishes to observe i'tikaaf let him do so."
There are other aims of i'tikaaf as well, including the following:
1- Being alone with Allaah and cutting oneselfoff from people if
possible, so that one may focus completely on Allaah.
2- Renewing oneself spiritual by focusing totally on Allaah.
3- Cutting oneself off completely in order to worship Allaah with
prayer, du'aa', dhikr and reading Qur'aan.
4- Protecting one's fast from everything that mayaffect it of
whims and desires.
5- Reducing permissibleworldly pleasures and refraining from many
of them even though one is able to enjoy them./
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