It is disapproved for a traveller, and indeed anyone who has a legitimate excuse for not fasting, to have sexual intercourse or eat and drink to his full during the day in the month of Ramadan. [1] ʿUmrah refers to the pilgrimage to Mecca that has fewer rituals than the hajj pilgrimage. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘minor pilgrimage’. [2] Iʿtikāf refers to the act of staying in a mosque under particular conditions with the intention of worshipping Allah.
The laws of iʿtikāf are stated in the next chapter. [3] For practical purposes in jurisprudential rulings, expressing an ‘apparent’ ruling equates to giving a fatwa. [4] The permitted limit is explained in