It is not permitted to change from one iʿtikāf to another, whether both iʿtikāfs happen to be obligatory, like when a person has made one of them obligatory on account of a vow and the other on account of an oath; or, both are recommended; or, one is obligatory and the other recommended; or, one is to be performed for himself and the other on behalf of someone else (niyābah), or he is being hired to perform it for someone else; or, both are to be performed on behalf of someone else.
[1] See the first footnote pertaining to Ruling 1731 for an explanation of this term. [2] Such a condition is known as ‘a condition of returning (rujūʿ)’. [3] This is an obligation that must be performed as soon as it is possible to do so, and delaying its performance is not permitted. [4] This refers to the maximum amount of one’s estate over which he has discretion in a will for it to be disposed of in accordance with his wishes after his death.
CHAPTER SIX » The One-Fifth Tax (Khums) LEAVING THE PLACE OF IʿTIKĀF العربية فارسی اردو English Azərbaycan Türkçe Français