The ruling on entering ihram from Jeddah for one who has work there

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This is a person who wishes to perform 'Umrah, but he has work in Jeddah. Is it permissible for him to enter ihram from Jeddah when he finishes his work? Because I heard some of the brothers say that Jeddah is a miqat, and that it is permissible to enter ihram from it?

Answer:
This is a lie. Jeddah is not a miqat except for its residents and for one who intends to perform 'Umrah from there. As for one who comes from the other regions, his miqat is the one on his route, the one he passes on his way. If he is from the people of Sham, Egypt, or the Maghreb, their miqat is al-Juhfah. If he is from the people of Madinah or comes via Madinah, their miqat is al-Dhul-Hulaifah, which is called Rabi'ah. If he comes via Yemen, his miqat is al-Qarn al-Manazil, which is the large structure, or Wadi al-Muharram, the extension of Wadi al-Muharram. These are the miqats. So if one passes them while intending 'Umrah or Hajj, it is not permissible for him to pass them without being in ihram. It does not seem that some of them think it is sufficient to say, "I have work, and when I finish my work I will enter ihram from there, or in the air." This is a legal ruling: one enters ihram from the miqat. It is better to perform 'Umrah after you exit the state of ihram. That is, you go to Jeddah while in ihram, you are mindful of the prohibitions of ihram, you finish your work, and when you finish your work you go down and perform 'Umrah. There is no blame on you. The important thing is that you are in ihram from the miqat, whether you perform 'Umrah before or after, and you observe the rules of ihram until you perform 'Umrah.