Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 805
حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ، قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، وَعَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِذَا اعْتَكَفَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ لاَ يَخْرُجَ مِنِ اعْتِكَافِهِ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ وَاجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى هَذَا أَنَّهُ يَخْرُجُ لِقَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ لِلْغَائِطِ وَالْبَوْلِ . ثُمَّ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْعِلْمِ فِي عِيَادَةِ الْمَرِيضِ وَشُهُودِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَالْجَنَازَةِ لِلْمُعْتَكِفِ فَرَأَى بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنْ يَعُودَ الْمَرِيضَ وَيُشَيِّعَ الْجَنَازَةَ وَيَشْهَدَ الْجُمُعَةَ إِذَا اشْتَرَطَ ذَلِكَ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ . وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا وَرَأَوْا لِلْمُعْتَكِفِ إِذَا كَانَ فِي مِصْرٍ يُجَمَّعُ فِيهِ أَنْ لاَ يَعْتَكِفَ إِلاَّ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعِ لأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا الْخُرُوجَ لَهُ مِنْ مُعْتَكَفِهِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَلَمْ يَرَوْا لَهُ أَنْ يَتْرُكَ الْجُمُعَةَ فَقَالُوا لاَ يَعْتَكِفُ إِلاَّ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْجَامِعِ حَتَّى لاَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنْ مُعْتَكَفِهِ لِغَيْرِ قَضَاءِ حَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ لأَنَّ خُرُوجَهُ لِغَيْرِ قَضَاءِ حَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ قَطْعٌ عِنْدَهُمْ لِلاِعْتِكَافِ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ مَالِكٍ وَالشَّافِعِيِّ . وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ لاَ يَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ وَلاَ يَتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةَ عَلَى حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ . وَقَالَ إِسْحَاقُ إِنِ اشْتَرَطَ ذَلِكَ فَلَهُ أَنْ يَتْبَعَ الْجَنَازَةَ وَيَعُودَ الْمَرِيضَ .
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Qutaibah narrated to us from Al-Layth bin Sa'd, from Ibn Shihab, from 'Urwah and 'Amrah, from 'Aishah. The practice according to the people of knowledge is that when a man performs i'tikaf, he should not leave it except for a human need. They agree that he may leave to relieve himself by urinating or defecating. The scholars then differed over whether a person in i'tikaf may visit the sick, attend Friday prayer, or attend a funeral. Some of the Companions of the Prophet and others held that he may visit the sick, follow a funeral, and attend Friday prayer if he stipulated that condition. This was the view of Sufyan Ath-Thawri and Ibn Al-Mubarak. Others said he may do none of these things. They held that, if the person performing i'tikaf is in a town where Friday prayer is held, he should only perform i'tikaf in the congregational mosque. They disliked his leaving his place of i'tikaf for Friday prayer, while also holding that he should not miss Friday prayer. Thus, they said he should perform i'tikaf only in the congregational mosque, so that he would not need to leave for anything other than relieving himself; in their view, leaving for any other reason invalidates the i'tikaf. This was the view of Malik and Ash-Shafi'i. Ahmad said that he should not visit the sick or follow a funeral, citing the hadith of 'Aishah. Ishaq said that if he stipulated this, he may follow a funeral and visit the sick.