Around 3,900 faithful from Multan city and adjacent areas will observe Aitkaf at Ahmed Shah Abdali mosque and 230 other mosques starting from 20th of Ramazan. Auqaf department has asked the mosque administrations to provide the bio data of the Mo'takifeen. All arrangements have been finalised for Aitkaf sitting.
A spokesman of Auqaf department said that last year, around 3,000 worshipers were sit to observe Aitkaf at the local mosques. He said special arrangements had been made for Mo'takafeen (Aitkaf observers) to impart them education about 'Fiqhai' problems besides lectures from religious scholars.
"Religious scholars would deliver six lectures on different issues on daily basis in different mosques and that programme will continue till the moon sighting of Shawal," he said. Aitkaf sitting is a Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) and carries a multitude of blessings of the Allah Almighty.
Men observe Aitkaf in small cubicles set up by hanging large cloth sheets inside mosques, whereas women observe it at any corner or quite place in the house, which is not frequently visited by others. Normally, mosques invite requests from worshippers and managing committees allocate places to them. Mostly Mo'takifeen arrange their Sehri-Iftari on their own while some philanthropists and association also make arrangements for Sehri-Iftari for the worshippers.