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Summary Thousands of Muslims will sit in Aitakaf today (Thursday) in mosques all over the country.
According to the Islamic tradition, the ‘Mutakifs’ will remain in ‘Aitakaf’ till the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.After offering the Maghrib prayer on the eve of 20th Ramazan, the ‘Mutakifs’ will confine themselves to their respective tents inside the mosques and will focus on worship of Allah the Almighty.Arrangements for accommodating the observers of ‘Aitakaf’ have been completed, in the mosques administered by department of ‘Auqaf’ including Baadshahi mosque, Lahore, Jamia Masjid Al-Qadsia and Faisal mosque, Islamabad, in addition to the mosques in Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Muzaffarabad and Sukkur.Special security plan has been finalized for the ‘Mutakifs’, as the rush of Muslims in the mosques will amplifies during the last segment of Ramazan.
