Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

What is the ruling on the one in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) leaving for a dire necessity?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
This person is asking: The one in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) went to his house to get his food and took a bath. Does this invalidate the i'tikaf?

Answer:
No, taking a bath and performing wudu' (the ablution for prayer) do not invalidate the i'tikaf. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم خروج المعتكف للضرورة؟ — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa