Ihram from Jeddah and the use of a scented handkerchief
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I came from America after ten months, and as for…
The Shaykh:
After, or since?
The questioner:
After ten months.
The Shaykh:
Yes, you are.
The questioner:
I came from America after ten months.
The Shaykh:
No, no, it has been decades, since…
The questioner:
Since my residence there.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
Ten months of my residence there.
The Shaykh:
In America.
The questioner:
And that was for the…
The Shaykh:
Mm-hmm.
The questioner:
And that was for Hajj, and I am originally from Jeddah. The plane did not announce the miqat, so I entered the state of ihram for Hajj two hours before landing, and I was not wearing the ihram garments. After arriving in Jeddah, four hours later, I entered ihram and renewed my intention. I also used a scented handkerchief while on the plane after my talbiyah for Hajj. Please inform me, may Allah reward you, about what I do not know?
The Shaykh:
If you are from the people of Jeddah, but you went to your home for a need and returned after four months, and you are from the people of Jeddah and a resident of it, then there is no harm. Your miqat is before Jeddah and within the land of Jeddah. As for using the scented handkerchief, if you were ignorant or forgetful, you owe nothing. If you intentionally used the scented handkerchief on your face or your hands, you must feed six poor people for this, half a sa' of dates or rice for each poor person, totaling six, which requires three sa' (each person gets half a sa' of dates, rice, or wheat). But if you were ignorant or forgetful, you owe nothing. As for if you are not a resident of Jeddah, not one of its people living there, then you entered ihram after the miqat, and you have committed a sin, because you passed the miqat and entered ihram after it. You must slaughter a sacrificial animal in Makkah for the poor. But if you are from Jeddah, as you said, because you are from the people of Jeddah but went to the city for a need as you are accustomed to, then your ihram is valid from Jeddah or before you reach it, and there is no harm.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: I came from America after ten months, and as for…
The Shaykh:
After, or since?
The questioner:
After ten months.
The Shaykh:
Yes, you are.
The questioner:
I came from America after ten months.
The Shaykh:
No, no, it has been decades, since…
The questioner:
Since my residence there.
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
Ten months of my residence there.
The Shaykh:
In America.
The questioner:
And that was for the…
The Shaykh:
Mm-hmm.
The questioner:
And that was for Hajj, and I am originally from Jeddah. The plane did not announce the miqat, so I entered the state of ihram for Hajj two hours before landing, and I was not wearing the ihram garments. After arriving in Jeddah, four hours later, I entered ihram and renewed my intention. I also used a scented handkerchief while on the plane after my talbiyah for Hajj. Please inform me, may Allah reward you, about what I do not know?
The Shaykh:
If you are from the people of Jeddah, but you went to your home for a need and returned after four months, and you are from the people of Jeddah and a resident of it, then there is no harm. Your miqat is before Jeddah and within the land of Jeddah. As for using the scented handkerchief, if you were ignorant or forgetful, you owe nothing. If you intentionally used the scented handkerchief on your face or your hands, you must feed six poor people for this, half a sa' of dates or rice for each poor person, totaling six, which requires three sa' (each person gets half a sa' of dates, rice, or wheat). But if you were ignorant or forgetful, you owe nothing. As for if you are not a resident of Jeddah, not one of its people living there, then you entered ihram after the miqat, and you have committed a sin, because you passed the miqat and entered ihram after it. You must slaughter a sacrificial animal in Makkah for the poor. But if you are from Jeddah, as you said, because you are from the people of Jeddah but went to the city for a need as you are accustomed to, then your ihram is valid from Jeddah or before you reach it, and there is no harm.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 13 — archive.org (15:45)
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