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Leaving
the masjid to go and eat or drink whilst in the state of i'tkaaf
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Question:
Is it permissible for the one in a state of i'tikaaf
to leave the Haram (i.e. al-Masjid
al-Haraam in Makkah
or al-Masjid
an-Nabawee in Madeenah)
to go and eat or drink? And is it permissible for him to ascend
to the roof of the masjid
to listen to the lectures?
Response:
Yes, It is permissible for one in the state of i'tikaaf
in al-Masjid
al-Haraam (in Makkah)
or other than it, to leave (the masjid)
to go to eat or drink if he is unable to bring these (supplies)
to the masjid.
This is because this is something which is necessary, just
as he would need to leave to answer the call of nature and,
likewise, he would have to leave to perform ghusl
if he is in the state of janaabah
(as in the case of the one who has a wet dream).
As
regards ascending to the roof of the masjid,
then even this does not affect (his i'tikaaf)
because leaving the masjid
from any of the (exit) doors, intending by it to return to
the masjid
by proceeding to the roof are only a matter of a few steps.
(So) there is no harm in this.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan - Volume 2, Page 879, Fatwa No.867
al- Fataawa libni-'Uthaymeen - Kitaab -ad'Da'wah - Volume
1, Pages 205-206
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