Muwatta Malik: Book 19, Hadith 2
Malik said, “A person doing itikaf should not carry out obligations of his, nor leave the mosque for them, nor should he help anyone. He should only leave the mosque to relieve himself. If he were able to go out to do things for people, visiting the sick, praying over the dead and following funeral processions would be the things with the most claim on his coming out.”
Malik said, “A person doing itikaf is not doing itikaf until he avoids what some one doing itikaf should avoid, namely, visiting the sick, praying over the dead, and entering houses, except to relieve himself.”
Muwatta Malik: Book 19, Hadith 2
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Muwatta Malik is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century. The work was composed over a 40 year period and consists of under 2000 hadith split into 61 books.
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