What is better for one who arrives in Makkah on the eighth or ninth day
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Question:
May Allah reward you. The answer to the second questioner’s question has already been provided from a hadith of Your Eminence, which is his statement: “If one arrives in Makkah on the evening of the eighth day or on the ninth day, is it better for him to perform tamattu’ (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them), or is it better for him to perform ifrad (performing Hajj alone)? Since the time for Hajj has entered with the Day of Tarwiyah, there is no time for tamattu’?”
Answer:
It is better for him to perform tamattu’. Even if it is the eighth day, or even the morning of the ninth day, he can perform tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah), and taqsir (shortening the hair), and then make the talbiyah (the pilgrim's chant of response) for Hajj. Praise be to Allah, this is not a burden. He performs tawaf, sa'y, and taqsir, and then makes the talbiyah for Hajj. Even if he did not wear the ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) for it, nothing is forbidden to him other than that. If it is facilitated for him to take a bath and apply perfume after the taqsir, and then make the talbiyah for Hajj, that is better. And if he does not do so, but rather performs tawaf, sa'y, and taqsir, and then makes the talbiyah for Hajj, that is sufficient; the tamattu’ is achieved. Yes. May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. The answer to the second questioner’s question has already been provided from a hadith of Your Eminence, which is his statement: “If one arrives in Makkah on the evening of the eighth day or on the ninth day, is it better for him to perform tamattu’ (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them), or is it better for him to perform ifrad (performing Hajj alone)? Since the time for Hajj has entered with the Day of Tarwiyah, there is no time for tamattu’?”
Answer:
It is better for him to perform tamattu’. Even if it is the eighth day, or even the morning of the ninth day, he can perform tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah), and taqsir (shortening the hair), and then make the talbiyah (the pilgrim's chant of response) for Hajj. Praise be to Allah, this is not a burden. He performs tawaf, sa'y, and taqsir, and then makes the talbiyah for Hajj. Even if he did not wear the ihram (the consecrated state of pilgrimage) for it, nothing is forbidden to him other than that. If it is facilitated for him to take a bath and apply perfume after the taqsir, and then make the talbiyah for Hajj, that is better. And if he does not do so, but rather performs tawaf, sa'y, and taqsir, and then makes the talbiyah for Hajj, that is sufficient; the tamattu’ is achieved. Yes. May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 7 — archive.org (9:23)
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