LessonsBab al-Iʿtikaf: Rules, Restrictions, Invalidation and VowsQuiz

Case 1: A person leaves to use the toilet and returns once finished. This falls within the expressed necessity exception.

Case 2: A person leaves purely to wander through a market. This is an unexcused exit, not the bodily-necessity exception.

The school disagreement about duration applies to the second category.

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Case comparison: justified and unjustified exits

Bab al-Iʿtikaf: Rules, Restrictions, Invalidation and Vows

Case 1: A person leaves to use the toilet and returns once finished. This falls within the expressed necessity exception.

Case 2: A person leaves purely to wander through a market. This is an unexcused exit, not the bodily-necessity exception.

The school disagreement about duration applies to the second category.