Is staying in a specific place in the mosque a pillar of the validity of i'tikaf, or is it a recommended practice?
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Eid Abbasi : Is staying in a specific place in the mosque a pillar of the validity of i'tikaf, or is it a recommended practice?
The Shaykh : What do you mean by staying in a pillar? I mean, if it means that moving from one place to another within the same mosque is not permissible—for example, if someone performs i'tikaf in the eastern corner and then decides to perform i'tikaf in the western corner of the same mosque—there is nothing to prevent that. But if it means something other than this, it is not clear.
Eid Abbasi : Yes, indeed. His question implies this. But if he means moving from one mosque to another, what is that?
The Shaykh : If there is no dire necessity, he does not move.
Eid Abbasi : All right, what about attending a lesson, like here?
The Shaykh: No.
Eid Abbasi : He does not attend. All right.
The Shaykh : What do you mean by staying in a pillar? I mean, if it means that moving from one place to another within the same mosque is not permissible—for example, if someone performs i'tikaf in the eastern corner and then decides to perform i'tikaf in the western corner of the same mosque—there is nothing to prevent that. But if it means something other than this, it is not clear.
Eid Abbasi : Yes, indeed. His question implies this. But if he means moving from one mosque to another, what is that?
The Shaykh : If there is no dire necessity, he does not move.
Eid Abbasi : All right, what about attending a lesson, like here?
The Shaykh: No.
Eid Abbasi : He does not attend. All right.
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