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Malik Muwatta: Hadith 725

19. 'I''tikaf in Ramadan'

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Malik Muwatta
وَحَدَّثَنِي زِيَادٌ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، ‏.‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَذْهَبُ لِحَاجَةِ الإِنْسَانِ فِي الْبُيُوتِ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكٌ لاَ يَخْرُجُ الْمُعْتَكِفُ مَعَ جَنَازَةِ أَبَوَيْهِ وَلاَ مَعَ غَيْرِهَا ‏.‏
Ziyad related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to go to relieve himself in houses.

Malik said, "Someone doing itikaf should not leave for his parents' funeral or for anything else."
Reference: USC-MSA web (English) : Book 19, Hadith 9
Arabic : Book 19, Hadith 699