I am from the people of Makkah, and when I intend to perform i'tikaf, I do not verbalize the intention because I do not know the wording. You said that if a person intends i'tikaf and intends to go out to his home, there is no harm.
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The questioner : The question is: I am from the people of Makkah, and when I intended to perform i'tikaf, I did not verbalize the intention because I do not know the wording. You said that if a person intends i'tikaf and intends to go out to his home, there is no harm. I went out to my home on the night of the twenty-eighth, changed my clothes, ate the pre-dawn meal, and came to the Haram. What is the ruling, and is it possible to go out after this, or not?
The Shaykh : I'tikaf, like other acts of worship, does not require verbalizing the intention, because the place of the intention is the heart, and there is no need to speak it aloud. That is, it is not a condition for you to say, "O Allah, I intend to perform i'tikaf," when you prepare and enter the mosque with this intention; that is the i'tikaf. However, if you wish to make a condition, you must say it verbally: "O Lord, if such and such occurs, I have the right to go out." What requires a condition must be expressed in words.
The Shaykh : I'tikaf, like other acts of worship, does not require verbalizing the intention, because the place of the intention is the heart, and there is no need to speak it aloud. That is, it is not a condition for you to say, "O Allah, I intend to perform i'tikaf," when you prepare and enter the mosque with this intention; that is the i'tikaf. However, if you wish to make a condition, you must say it verbally: "O Lord, if such and such occurs, I have the right to go out." What requires a condition must be expressed in words.