سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابٌ في الْمُعْتَكِفِ يَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ وَيَشْهَدُ الْجَنَائِزَChapter: The person observing I`tikaf may visit the sick and attend funerals
Hadith 1776
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، وَعَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أن عائشة ، قَالَتْ : إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ لِلْحَاجَةِ وَالْمَرِيضُ فِيهِ ، فَمَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا وَأَنَا مَارَّةٌ ، قَالَتْ : " وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلَّا لِحَاجَةٍ إِذَا كَانُوا مُعْتَكِفِينَ " .
´It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:` “I used to enter the house to relieve myself, and there was a sick person there, and I only inquired after him as I was passing through.” She said: “And the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not enter the house except to relieve himself, then they were observing I’tikaf.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊
It is prohibited for the person in i‘tikaf (spiritual retreat) to leave the mosque without necessity.
➋
It is permissible to leave the mosque for the purpose of relieving oneself.
➌
If there is no arrangement for a toilet attached to the mosque, the person in i‘tikaf may go home for this purpose.
➍
Taking a ritual bath (ghusl) due to major impurity (janabah) is also a necessity for which it is essential to leave the mosque; therefore, the person in i‘tikaf may go outside for this purpose as well.
➎
It is not permissible to leave i‘tikaf to visit a sick person, but if one has to go outside for a legitimate reason and meets a sick person on the way, it is permissible to inquire about his condition; however, it is not permissible to stop and converse with him.
➊
It is prohibited for the person in i‘tikaf (spiritual retreat) to leave the mosque without necessity.
➋
It is permissible to leave the mosque for the purpose of relieving oneself.
➌
If there is no arrangement for a toilet attached to the mosque, the person in i‘tikaf may go home for this purpose.
➍
Taking a ritual bath (ghusl) due to major impurity (janabah) is also a necessity for which it is essential to leave the mosque; therefore, the person in i‘tikaf may go outside for this purpose as well.
➎
It is not permissible to leave i‘tikaf to visit a sick person, but if one has to go outside for a legitimate reason and meets a sick person on the way, it is permissible to inquire about his condition; however, it is not permissible to stop and converse with him.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1776
