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Is it permissible to perform Iʿtikāf starting on the 17th day of Ramadan?

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I'tikaf is a prescribed and encouraged act, and a Muslim may perform it whenever they wish and on any night they wish. The best I'tikaf is that which is performed during the last ten nights of Ramadan.

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