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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on a Disbeliever Entering Makkah

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Question:
He says: I have a brother living in Britain who does not pray, does not fast, and does not believe in Allah, and he wants to visit me in Makkah. Is it permissible for him to enter Makkah, and how should I deal with him?

Answer:
If he is a disbeliever, it is not permissible for him to enter Makkah. It is permissible for him to enter Makkah
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year.يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌ فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا
[At-Tawbah 9:28]
so it is not permissible for a disbeliever to enter the Haram; it is only the mosque, he does not enter the entire Haram, which is miles of the Haram, the markers of the Haram, it is not permissible for him to enter them.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم دخول الأخ الكافر إلى مكة؟ وكيف يُتعامل معه؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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