If one travels for work and then decides to perform 'Umrah, he enters the state of ihram from his location
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Q: We are employees of the Council of Ministers who are assigned to the city of Jeddah for a period of at least three months. A few days after our arrival, we intend to perform the lesser pilgrimage ('Umrah). The brothers have differed regarding entering the state of consecration (ihram). Should weenter the state of consecration (ihram) from Jeddah, where we have become residents, or should we return to the boundary (miqat) in Ta'if,or is it
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A: If the situation is as described, and when you came from Riyadh to Jeddah for work, you did not have the intention of performing 'Umrah, and the intention of 'Umrah arose in Jeddah, then you enter ihram from Jeddah, which is your miqat in this case; because Jeddah is beyond the miqat, and whoever is beyond the miqat and is outside the boundaries of the Haram enters ihram for 'Umrah from his current location, based on what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said when he designated the miqats for their people:Sahih Muslim 1181a The hadith is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. In another narration: However, if you had the intention of 'Umrah when you arrived from your home country, it is obligatory for you to return to the miqat of your home country and enter ihram from there. If you enter ihram from Jeddah in this case, then each of you owes a fidyah (ransom payment) to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to its poor, due to neglecting to enter ihram from the recognized miqat for you.
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A: If the situation is as described, and when you came from Riyadh to Jeddah for work, you did not have the intention of performing 'Umrah, and the intention of 'Umrah arose in Jeddah, then you enter ihram from Jeddah, which is your miqat in this case; because Jeddah is beyond the miqat, and whoever is beyond the miqat and is outside the boundaries of the Haram enters ihram for 'Umrah from his current location, based on what is authentic from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said when he designated the miqats for their people:
and those (Mawaqit) are also meant for those who live at these (places) and for those too who come from without towards them for the sake of Hajj or 'Umra. And those who live within them (within the bounds of these places) or in the suburbs of Mecca or within Mecca, they should enter upon the state of Ihram at these very places.
هن لهن ولمن أتى عليهن من غير أهلهن ممن أراد الحج والعمرة فمن كان دونهن فمهله من أهلهAnd whoever is beyond that, his miqat is from where he initiated
ومن كان دون ذلك فمهله من حيث أنشأ
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