Is it permissible for one observing i'tikaf in the Haram to perform tawaf around the House?

Question : The questioner says: Is it permissible for the one observing i'tikaf to perform tawaf around the House during his i'tikaf, or must the one observing i'tikaf remain where he is?

Answer : The one observing i'tikaf may go and come as long as he is in the mosque where he is observing i'tikaf. He may move from one side to another, and he may pray in any part of the mosque. If he is in al-Masjid al-Haram, he may perform tawaf, because the meaning of i'tikaf is not that a person stays in the same place and does not go beyond it. Rather, the meaning of i'tikaf is that he remains attached to the mosque. So he may go and come, go up and down, as long as he is within the precincts of the mosque. Yes.