We entered the state of ihram from the miqat, then we were forced to remove our ihram clothes. What is the ruling and the situation as described?

Question:
And we begin with calls from our brothers and sisters. Brother Sa'ud from Riyadh, please go ahead, my brother Sa'ud. Sa'ud. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. And upon you be peace. Oh, what joy. With good news, Shaykh Salih. May Allah welcome you. May Allah keep you safe and lengthen your life. Shaykh Salih, we are a group of military personnel carrying out a mission, a mission in Ramadan or a mission in Makkah. We are traveling from Riyadh to Makkah. We intend to enter ihram from the miqat at al-Sayl so that we can perform 'Umrah before starting our work. But we face passport control checkpoints that prevent us. They tell you that you must break your ihram, claiming that they assume we are participating in Makkah to perform the obligatory Hajj, which is not true. We are performing our mission in the sacred sites. So, is there anything required of us if we enter ihram from the miqat and face the checkpoints and they force us to break the ihram? Okay, thank you.

Answer:
It is better that you obtain permission from your authority before you head to Makkah. You should get permission for the 'Umrah and have a permit with you so that no one objects to you. As for if you do not take a permission or a permit, you are exposing yourselves to what I mentioned. If they force you to take off your clothes, and this is due to their ignorance, it is obligatory that the one in ihram not be exposed to it or harmed, because he is a trustee of the Sacred House. They should encourage him and facilitate his path, but these people apply the regulations and do not understand the ruling of the Shari'ah in this matter. Otherwise, the one in ihram is enabled to do so; he is enabled to perform the rites for which he entered ihram, especially since you are in ihram for an 'Umrah that does not take a long time of work hours. So it was obligatory for them to help the Muslims perform their rites. If they force you and you take off the clothes, then you return and put them on, if you transgress, it is obligatory for you, if you transgress this limit, to put back the clothes of ihram, and you are excused for what happened to you. And if a person wants to clear his conscience and exit the problem with certainty, he pays a fidyah by feeding six poor people, each poor person half a sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg), or he slaughters in Makkah and feeds in Makkah, or he slaughters a sheep in Makkah and distributes it to the poor, or he fasts for three days, because this is from the fidyah of harm. One has a choice in it. Yes.