Ruling on delaying entering the state of ihram past the miqat due to a car air-conditioning failure

Question:
The questioner, brother A.A. from al-Qassim, says: I traveled, Shaykh, to Makkah via al-Madinah, and the car’s air conditioning broke down. I decided to delay entering ihram until I reached Jeddah and finished my business, then head to al-Sayl al-Kabir and enter ihram from there, since it is the miqat of Najd. Is my action correct, and what is obligatory upon me? May you be rewarded.

Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. It is not permissible for one who passes a miqat from the designated miqats while intending to perform Hajj or 'Umrah to pass it without entering the state of ihram. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the miqats: or 'Umrah. Therefore, it is not permissible to delay entering ihram, for example, from the miqat of Madinah with the intention of entering ihram from Sir, the miqat of the people of Najd, because in this case, Sir is not your miqat; rather, your miqat is the miqat of the people of Madinah.
So you have sinned in this. If you did so, passing the miqat of al-Madinah and entering ihram from the miqat of the people of Najd, then a fidyah (ransom payment) is due upon you. The 'Umrah is valid, but a fidyah is due upon you because you left an obligatory duty, which is entering ihram from the miqat you pass. The breakdown of the car’s air conditioning is not an excuse that exempts you from entering ihram from the miqat. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.