My parents are traveling abroad today at the time of the pre-dawn meal, and they will not return until I have already traveled for my studies. I am in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the Sacred Mosque. So, can I...
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The questioner : My parents are traveling abroad today at the time of the pre-dawn meal, and they will not return until I have already traveled for my studies. I am in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) in the Sacred Mosque. So, can I go out to see them off, knowing that they will be angry if I do not see them off? And how long may I sit with them?
The Shaykh : Yes, it is well known that i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) is a recommended practice (sunnah) and that dutifulness to parents is obligatory. If seeing them off is part of being dutiful to them, and it is indeed part of being dutiful to them, then go out to see them off, even if you do not complete your i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque), because dutifulness to parents is more obligatory, indeed it is obligatory, while i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) is a recommended practice (sunnah). Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is well known that i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) is a recommended practice (sunnah) and that dutifulness to parents is obligatory. If seeing them off is part of being dutiful to them, and it is indeed part of being dutiful to them, then go out to see them off, even if you do not complete your i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque), because dutifulness to parents is more obligatory, indeed it is obligatory, while i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) is a recommended practice (sunnah). Yes.