Before deciding a case, ask four questions:
1. Is the retreat vowed and binding, the last-ten-days Sunnah, or merely voluntary?
2. What is the legally recognised place of retreat for this person?
3. Is the exit a recognised necessity or a personal errand?
4. If intimacy occurred, was it contact, ejaculation resulting from contact, or intercourse?
These distinctions prevent one short passage from being applied indiscriminately to every scenario.
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Bab al-Iʿtikaf: Rules, Restrictions, Invalidation and Vows
Before deciding a case, ask four questions:
1. Is the retreat vowed and binding, the last-ten-days Sunnah, or merely voluntary?
2. What is the legally recognised place of retreat for this person?
3. Is the exit a recognised necessity or a personal errand?
4. If intimacy occurred, was it contact, ejaculation resulting from contact, or intercourse?
These distinctions prevent one short passage from being applied indiscriminately to every scenario.