What the person in itikaf may do during it

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When a man sits in i'tikaf, he should attend the Friday prayer, visit the sick, attend the funeral, and go to his family and give them instructions about what he needs while standing.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: The one in i'tikaf may attend the Friday prayer, may visit the sick, and will go when the imam calls him.

Amrah said: While in i'tikaf, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) would visit a sick person from her family only while passing by.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: The one in i'tikaf will attend the Friday prayer, visit the sick, attend the funeral, go out for a need, and go when the imam calls him. He said this because Sayyiduna Amr bin Hurayth (may Allah be pleased with him) had sent for him while he was in i'tikaf, and he did not come; then he sent for him again, and he came to him.

Ibrahim said: The predecessors used to like the one in i'tikaf to stipulate these things, and they are allowed to him even if he does not stipulate them: visiting the sick, following the funeral, and attending the Friday prayer.

Al-Sha'bi said: The one in i'tikaf may go out to relieve himself, may visit the sick, and may go to the Friday prayer, but he will stand at the door.

Al-Hasan said: The one in i'tikaf may go to the Friday prayer.

Abu Salamah said: The one in i'tikaf will visit the sick, will attend the Friday prayer, and may stand with a man on the road and talk with him.

Al-Hasan said: The one in i'tikaf may go out to relieve himself, may follow a funeral, and may visit the sick.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: The one in i'tikaf will attend the Friday prayer, visit the sick, attend the funeral prayer, and go when the imam calls him.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was in i'tikaf, he would come into the house only for a need.

Amrah said: While in i'tikaf, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) would pass by a sick person from her family and would not turn aside to him.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Ata said: The one in i'tikaf will neither attend a funeral nor visit the sick.

Ata, along with the authority of the preceding report, said: The one observing i'tikaf does not attend a funeral, nor does he visit a sick person.

Al-Zuhri said: The one in i'tikaf will not join a funeral, nor visit a sick person, nor go when someone invites him.

Mujahid said: The one in i'tikaf will not follow a funeral, nor visit a sick person.

Urwah said: The one in i'tikaf will not go when someone invites him, nor visit a sick person, nor join a funeral.