Please let me know if we can bath during Sunnah I’tikaaf?
Bismillahi Ta’ala
Walaikum Assalam Warahmatullah
This presentation covers I’tikaaf in detail.
In short, it is not allowed to exit the masjid boundary for general ghusl (for freshening up, cooling down, sunnah Jumua etc).
If a person experiences nocturnal discharge and has to take a Ghusl al Janaba, then this is permissible and will not break one’s i’tikaf
In relation to sunnah ghusl of jumu’a, one could use the time one goes for toilet for urinating or defacating, to take an additional couple of minute only for a quick ghusl in the same place before returning to masjid i’tikaf area. This should not be abused as it will either diminish one’s rewards of I’tikaf or slipping into unnecessary exit from boundaries causing i’tikaf to break.
Wallahu A’lam.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Faisal al-Mahmudi