Reference: Fataawa Ramadhaan v2 p876 no.863
Fataawa Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen v1 p549
Question: Is it correct for one who is in the state of i’tikaaf to teach someone or [even] give a lecture?
Response: That which is better is for the one in the state of i’tikaaf to busy himself with specific acts of worship such as dhikr (remembrance of Allaah), prayer, reading the Qur.aan and that which is similar. However, if there is a need to teach someone or to learn, then there is no harm in this as this is [also] from the remembrance of Allaah.
