The Rule for the One in I'tikaf Leaving Except for What Is Unavoidable
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The scholars say that the one in i'tikaf does not leave except for what is unavoidable. Yes. The one in i'tikaf does not leave except for what is unavoidable. Is this regarding the vowed i'tikaf and the recommended i'tikaf, or only the vowed i'tikaf?
Answer:
The vowed i'tikaf and the i'tikaf of the Muslim in general: he does not leave except for what is unavoidable, because if he leaves for something he can do without, his i'tikaf is diminished.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: The scholars say that the one in i'tikaf does not leave except for what is unavoidable. Yes. The one in i'tikaf does not leave except for what is unavoidable. Is this regarding the vowed i'tikaf and the recommended i'tikaf, or only the vowed i'tikaf?
Answer:
The vowed i'tikaf and the i'tikaf of the Muslim in general: he does not leave except for what is unavoidable, because if he leaves for something he can do without, his i'tikaf is diminished.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [35] — alfawzan.live (1:27:59)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.