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Is reaching puberty a condition for the validity of I'tikaf?

Is it obligatory for a woman to perform I'tikaf if she has made it obligatory upon herself?

Is freedom a condition for the validity of retreat?

Is fasting a condition for the validity of voluntary i'tikaf?

What are the categories of I'tikaf?

Is I'tikaf valid without intention?

When is I'tikaf obligatory?

What is the ruling on I'tikaf in the last ten days of Ramadan?

If a Shafi'i prays behind a Hanafi and the Hanafi does not recite the Basmala, is the Shafi'i's prayer invalid? And conversely, if a Hanafi prays behind a Shafi'i and the Shafi'i loudly recites the Basmala, is the Hanafi's prayer valid, or is the rule that if his prayer is valid according to his school, then his prayer behind him is valid even if it contradicts his school?