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1779. It was narrated from Safiyyah bint Huyai, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, that she came to visit the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ when he was in I'tikâf during the last ten days of the month of Ramadân. She spoke with him for a while during the evening, then she stood up to go back. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ got up to take her home. When she reached the door of the mosque that was by the home of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, two men from among the Ansâr passed by them. They greeted the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ with peace, then went away. The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Take it easy, she is Safiyyah bint Huyai." They said: "Glorious is Allâh, O Messenger of Allâh!" And they were very upset by that (i.e., that he thought they may have some doubts). The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "The Satan flows through the son of Âdam like blood, and I was afraid that he might cast some doubt into your hearts." (Sahih)
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People are allowed to meet a person engaged in I'tikâf and discuss necessary matters.
A wife of a person observing I'tikâf can also visit her husband in the mosque.
A person engaged in I'tikâf is allowed to leave the I'tikâf area to go to the door of mosque for a necessity.
This explanation by Allâh's Messenger ﷺ was a source of mercy for these people, because thus the door of Satan's whispering was shut, otherwise any indecent conjecture about the Prophet ﷺ might be a motive to deprive them from Faith.
