If a man enters the state of ihram for Hajj from Jeddah while he is residing in Makkah, is his Hajj valid?
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The questioner : The question says: I came to the Noble Makkah for work and I performed the obligatory Hajj for myself. In the second year, I wanted to perform Hajj on behalf of my deceased mother. I asked some people about how to enter the state of ihram, and they told me to go to Jeddah and enter the state of ihram from there. I actually went to Jeddah and entered the state of ihram from there, and I completed the rituals of Hajj. Is this Hajj of mine valid, or is there something else that I am obligated to do? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If you are in Makkah, then your entering the state of ihram for Hajj is from your location where you are in Makkah, and there is no need for you to go out to Jeddah or anywhere else, based on the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) designated the miqat boundaries and then said:.
As for if you want to enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah while you are in Makkah, then you must go out to the nearest point of al-Hal—meaning outside the boundaries of the Haram—so that you may declare your intention for it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, when Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to perform an 'Umrah, he ordered her brother, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, to take her out to al-Tan'īm so that she could declare her intention from there. Accordingly, there is no basis for what the person who told you that you must go out to Jeddah said, and your Hajj is valid in any case, if Allah wills, as long as it is in accordance with the methodology of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and you are sincere in it for Allah, and it will be for your mother as you intended. Yes.
The questioner : This message is from the questioner, Sa'id ibn Rashid al-Jabiri, from the country of Tanzania.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. If you are in Makkah, then your entering the state of ihram for Hajj is from your location where you are in Makkah, and there is no need for you to go out to Jeddah or anywhere else, based on the hadith of Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) designated the miqat boundaries and then said:
And whoever is closer than that, then from where he begins, even the people of Makkah from Makkah
ومن كان دون ذلك فمن حيث أنشأ، حتى أهل مكة من مكةAs for if you want to enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah while you are in Makkah, then you must go out to the nearest point of al-Hal—meaning outside the boundaries of the Haram—so that you may declare your intention for it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : For this reason, when Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to perform an 'Umrah, he ordered her brother, Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, to take her out to al-Tan'īm so that she could declare her intention from there. Accordingly, there is no basis for what the person who told you that you must go out to Jeddah said, and your Hajj is valid in any case, if Allah wills, as long as it is in accordance with the methodology of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and you are sincere in it for Allah, and it will be for your mother as you intended. Yes.
The questioner : This message is from the questioner, Sa'id ibn Rashid al-Jabiri, from the country of Tanzania.