“I used to enter the house to relieve myself, and there was a sick person there, and I only inquired after him as I was passing through.” She said: “And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not enter the house except to relieve himself, then they were observing I’tikaf.”  

إِنْ كُنْتُ لأَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ لِلْحَاجَةِ وَالْمَرِيضُ فِيهِ فَمَا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ إِلاَّ وَأَنَا مَارَّةٌ قَالَتْ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ إِلاَّ لِحَاجَةٍ إِذَا كَانُوا مُعْتَكِفِينَ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The person observing I’tikaf may attend funerals and visit the sick.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمُعْتَكِفُ يَتْبَعُ الْجِنَازَةَ وَيَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ