Traveling from Riyadh to Jeddah for personal work, intending to perform 'Umrah afterward: from where does he enter the state of ihram?

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person says: He traveled from Riyadh to Jeddah for personal work, intending that when he finishes, he will go to Makkah and perform 'Umrah. From where does he enter the state of ihram?

The Shaykh:
He enters the state of ihram from the miqat, because he passes by the miqat while intending to perform 'Umrah. He says, "I have a need in Jeddah, I will pass through Jeddah." Since he is intending to perform 'Umrah, he enters the state of ihram from the miqat.

The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: If he had entered the state of ihram from Jeddah, does he owe anything?

The Shaykh:
If it is as described, he owes a fidyah (ransom payment), because he passed the miqat without entering the state of ihram. Therefore, he owes a fidyah: he slaughters a sheep in Makkah and gives it in charity to the poor, and his 'Umrah is valid.