Q: My friend will be doing itikaaf in Musjid-e-Nabawi. He will be totally alone, nobody will be there to bring him food. Can he eat his food at the hotel which will be right opposite Musjid-e-Nabawi and use the toilet there?
Q: I understand that one is allowed to change his clothes during Itikaf. In the Haram Shareef at Makkah and Madinah since there is no privacy, is it ok if one changes his clothes in the toilet when one goes to attend nature's call? Of course care is taken that one does not leave the Haram only for changing the clothes but does it when it is unavoidable to leave to fulfil the need to go to the toilet to relieve oneself.
Q: Can a person sitting for Sunnat i'tikaaf come out of the musjid to perform? Someone quoted the sayings of Saahibain i.e. that a person does not have to spend the entire day in the musjid rather he must spend most amount of the day in the musjid.
Q: I need to know the period of I’tikaaf (the last 10 nights of Ramadhaan spent in the Masjid)
1) For how many days we can do I’tikaaf? I heard for 10 days only.
Q: I made intention for sunnah Itikaaf, but while coming to the musjid, I got stuck in traffic. Thus, I entered the musjid two to five minutes late. Is my Itikaaf valid? Is it compulsory upon me to make it up the next year?
Q: Can a person in i’tikaaf have a Friday bath with the intention that it is sunnah? Is it better for him not to have the Friday bath?
Q: Is it permissible for one sitting in sunnah i’tikaaf to leave the musjid to break wind.
Q: Is it permissible for one sitting in sunnah i’tikaaf to do business transactions in the musjid?
Q: Is it permissible for a person sitting in sunnah i’tikaaf to phone his wife?
Q: Is it permissible for a person sitting in sunnah i’tikaaf to leave the musjid to smoke?