The Miqat for the People of Jordan Coming via the Coastal Route
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we are residents of Jordan. Our area for entering ihram is Abaar 'Ali if we come to al-Madinah, but if we come via the coastal route, we enter ihram from Rabigh. Is that permissible or not? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is prescribed for the people of Sham and those who come from their direction. If they come via the coastal route, they enter ihram from al-Rabigh to al-Juhfah. If they come via the route of al-Madinah, they enter ihram from the miqat of al-Madinah, in his opinion. This is what is obligatory. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, we are residents of Jordan. Our area for entering ihram is Abaar 'Ali if we come to al-Madinah, but if we come via the coastal route, we enter ihram from Rabigh. Is that permissible or not? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This is prescribed for the people of Sham and those who come from their direction. If they come via the coastal route, they enter ihram from al-Rabigh to al-Juhfah. If they come via the route of al-Madinah, they enter ihram from the miqat of al-Madinah, in his opinion. This is what is obligatory. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى المسجد الحرام (شعبان ١٤١٧ هـ) - ٤ — archive.org (45:43)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.