Is it permissible for a person in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) to leave the mosque to buy dates to break the fast of those fasting?

Question : May Allah reward you. He says: I am in i'tikaf in the Sacred Mosque, so is it permissible for me to go out to buy dates to break the fast of those fasting?

Answer : No. The person in i'tikaf does not go out except if he wants to buy dates for himself to eat. As for if he wants to buy dates for people to eat, this benefit is for others and the necessity is for others, so he does not go out. But let us ask: Is it permissible to stipulate at the beginning of his i'tikaf that he will go out to buy dates for those fasting? We say that this is a legitimate benefit, and it may be permissible to stipulate it, although the i'tikaf without a stipulation is better than the i'tikaf with a stipulation. Yes.