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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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From where does the one in ihram enter Makkah and from where does he exit?

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Question : Entering Makkah. He says: From where does the one in ihram enter it and from where does he exit?

Answer : All right, the one in ihram enters Makkah from its upper part and exits from its lower part. He enters from its upper part from a bend called such-and-such near the mosque and Badaf Kida. Whoever knows what people today call Ray' al-Hujul, and the correct way to say it is al-Hujul with a nun, and we find it written as al-Hajul with a lam. This is a distortion, in any case a common distortion. The point is that he enters from its upper part. The wisdom behind this is so that he faces the Ka'bah. Is the face of the Ka'bah toward the east or toward the west? Can you see the Ka'bah or not? Its gate of Naim is to the east. If he mounts the Ka'bah toward the east, then if he enters from its upper part, I have a wind from the south, so now he is facing the Ka'bah. It is prescribed to enter Makkah from its upper part. And of course, we say this if it is facilitated. But suppose the matter is not facilitated, especially in our time now, is the movement by the person's choice or directed by the state?
Directed by the state, you proceed according to how you are directed. But if you are free from the matter by your own choice, then you exit from the upper part, and you exit from its lower part from near Akayis, and it is called Kida. The common people say Kida, and it is Kida with a damma and shortness. That is why it is said regarding these two bends: "Open and remember" and "Close and exit." That means, when you are at the bend upon entering, is it such-and-such or such-and-such? We say "open" because if you are at the head, you open. "Open and exit" such-and-such, and "close and exit." So they are two bends: one with a ba and opening, from which the entry is, and the other with a damma and shortness, from which the exit is. And I say a second time, this is if you see it. But if the movement is directed by the officials, then the person proceeds where he is directed, and there is no blame on him.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 573- من أين يدخل المُحرِم مكة؟ ومن أين يخرج؟ II فوائد من الدروس الفقهية من المحاضرات الجامعية — youtube.com

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