Is staying in a specific place in the mosque a pillar of i'tikaf?
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Eid Abbasi : Is staying in a specific place in the mosque a pillar of the validity of i'tikaf? Is it a sunnah?
The Shaykh : What does it mean to say it is a pillar? If it means that moving from one place to another within the same mosque is not permissible, then that is not necessary. For example, if one performs i'tikaf in an eastern corner, and then it occurs to him to perform i'tikaf in a western corner of the same mosque, there is nothing to prevent that. But if it means something other than this, it is not clear.
The questioner : Yes, indeed. His question implies this, but if he means moving from one mosque to another, that is what...
The Shaykh : If there is no dire necessity, he does not move.
Eid Abbasi : Attending a lesson, like here.
The Shaykh: No.
Eid Abbasi : He does not attend.
The Shaykh : What does it mean to say it is a pillar? If it means that moving from one place to another within the same mosque is not permissible, then that is not necessary. For example, if one performs i'tikaf in an eastern corner, and then it occurs to him to perform i'tikaf in a western corner of the same mosque, there is nothing to prevent that. But if it means something other than this, it is not clear.
The questioner : Yes, indeed. His question implies this, but if he means moving from one mosque to another, that is what...
The Shaykh : If there is no dire necessity, he does not move.
Eid Abbasi : Attending a lesson, like here.
The Shaykh: No.
Eid Abbasi : He does not attend.
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