اَلۡـحَـمۡـدُ   لِـلّٰـہِ  رَبِّ  الۡـعٰـلَـمِیۡنَ   وَ  الـصَّـلٰـوۃُ   وَ  الـسَّـلَامُ  عَـلٰی   خَاتَمِ النَّبِیّٖن

اَمَّـا  بَــعۡـدُ   فَـاَعُـوۡذُ   بِـا لـلّٰـہِ   مِـنَ   الـشَّـیۡـطٰنِ   الـرَّجِیۡمِؕ    بِـسۡمِ   الـلّٰـہِ   الـرَّحۡـمٰنِ   الـرَّحِـیۡمِؕ

The Impact of the Holy Quran

اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُولَ اللہ                                                                                    وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا حَبِیْبَ اللہ

اَلصَّلٰوۃُ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا نَبِیَّ اللہ                                                     وَعَلٰی اٰلِكَ وَ اَصْحٰبِكَ یَا نُوْرَ اللہ

نَـوَیْتُ سُنَّتَ الاعْتِکَاف  

I make intention of Sunna iꜤtikāf.

Dear Islamic brothers! Whenever you enter the mosque, remember to make the intention of iꜤtikāf. As long as you remain in the masjid, you will then continue to earn the reward of iꜤtikāf. Keep in mind that normally in a masjid, it is not permissible according to sharia for one to eat, drink, sleep, have saḥūr, ifṭār, or even drink Zamzam water or water upon which prayers have been recited. Yet, if you make the intention of iꜤtikāf, all these activities become permissible by extension. The intention of iꜤtikāf should not solely be for eating, drinking, or sleeping, but instead to please Allah.

As mentioned in Fatāwā Shāmī:

If someone wishes to eat, drink, or sleep in the masjid, they should make intention of iꜤtikāf, engage in the remembrance of Allah for a while, and then do as they wish (i.e., eat, drink, or sleep).