The Miqat for Ihram for One Who Lives Near the Sacred Precinct

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner says: Our home is in al-Sharai', and we are three streets away from the boundary of the Haram. Do we enter the state of ihram from our home, or do we go to the miqat?

Answer:
Your miqat is your home. Whoever is located before the five miqats enters the state of ihram from the place where he intends to perform Hajj or 'Umrah, as long as he is outside the Haram. However, if he is inside the Haram, he may enter the state of ihram for Hajj without any harm, because he will go out to perform the rituals to al-Hudaybiyyah. As for the one who is performing 'Umrah, it is not permissible for him to enter the state of ihram for it from within the Haram; he must enter the state of ihram for it outside the Haram. This is because Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), when she wanted to perform 'Umrah, asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to let her perform 'Umrah. He sent her with her brother 'Abd al-Rahman to al-Tan'im, which is the nearest point of the permitted area, the nearest boundary of the Haram, and she entered the state of ihram for 'Umrah from there. Therefore, when a person intends to perform 'Umrah, he does not enter the state of ihram for it within the Haram, but he goes out to outside the boundaries of the Haram. As for the one who wants to perform Hajj, he may enter the state of ihram even from Makkah without any harm, because he will go out to 'Arafah, thus combining the permitted area and the Haram. It is necessary in the pilgrimage to combine the permitted area and the Haram.