at its appointed time, and you say: "And you came upon a destiny, O Musa" or something similar. Abu 'Ubayd mentioned a meaning similar to this.

534 - Issue; He said: "There is no harm in marrying in the mosque and witnessing a marriage."

This is only so because I'tikaf (seclusion) is an act of worship that does not prohibit permissible things; therefore, it does not prohibit marriage, just like fasting. Furthermore, marriage is an act of obedience, and attending it is an act of piety. Its duration is not prolonged such that one would be distracted by it from I'tikaf; thus, it is not disliked during it, just like saying "Yarhamuk Allah" (may Allah have mercy on you) to one who sneezes, or returning the greeting of peace.

Section: There is no harm in cleaning oneself with various types of cleanliness, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to comb his hair while he was in I'tikaf. He is permitted to apply perfume and wear fine clothing, though that is not recommended. Ahmad said: "It does not please me that he should apply perfume." This is because I'tikaf is an act of worship associated with a specific place, so abstaining from perfume within it is legislated, like in Hajj. However, that is not forbidden because it does not prohibit clothing or marriage, so it resembles fasting.

Section: There is no harm in the person in I'tikaf eating in the mosque and placing a mat (sufrah) to catch what may fall from him so as not to soil the mosque. He may wash his hands in a basin, so that it may be emptied outside the mosque; it is not permissible for him to go out to wash his hands because he has a necessity for that. Is it disliked to renew ablution in the mosque? There are two narrations concerning this. The first is that it is not disliked, because Abu al-'Aliyah said: "One who used to serve the Prophet (peace be upon him) told me: 'As for what I have preserved for you from him, he used to perform ablution in the mosque.'" It was narrated from Ibn Umar that he said: "The men and women used to perform ablution in the Sacred Mosque during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)." From Ibn Sirin, he said: "Abu Bakr, Umar, and the Caliphs used to perform ablution in the mosque." This was also narrated from Ibn Umar, Ibn Abbas, 'Ata', Tawus, and Ibn Jurayj. The second [narration] is that it is disliked, because one is not safe from spitting or blowing one's nose in the mosque, and spitting in the mosque is a sin, and one may wet a spot in the mosque that prevents those praying from praying there. If he goes out of the mosque for ablution and it is a renewal [of the state of purity], it is invalidated because it is an exit for something he has no necessity for. If it is an ablution from a state of impurity, it is not invalidated because there is an urgent need for it, whether it is during the time of prayer or before it; for the one who is impure must perform ablution, and he only does it ahead of the time of need for a benefit, which is being in a state of ablution, and perhaps he may need to perform a voluntary prayer with it.