The ruling on one who passes the miqat in an airplane and enters the state of ihram from Jeddah
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The questioner:
And Honorable Shaykh, I swear by Allah, while I was traveling to perform 'Umrah, the pilot informed us, and we were in Riyadh, that we would be over the miqat at six twenty-six.
While I was traveling to perform 'Umrah, the pilot announced to us while we were in Riyadh that we would be over the miqat at six ten. Usually, the pilot repeats the warning when approaching the miqat, but on this occasion he did not warn us again about approaching the miqat. Then I was surprised to find that we were about to land at Jeddah Airport and that we had passed the miqat, so we entered the state of ihram from the city of Jeddah. Do we have a sin upon us, or is the 'Umrah valid?
The Shaykh:
The 'Umrah is valid, if Allah wills, but you owe a sacrificial animal. You owe a sacrificial animal for passing the miqat. The obligation of the sacrificial animal does not indicate that the 'Umrah is invalid. The 'Umrah is valid, but this sacrificial animal is for passing the miqat, because entering the state of ihram from the miqat is obligatory. And whoever leaves an obligatory act owes a sacrificial animal. It was obligatory for you to act on their first announcement because they specified the time for you. So it was obligatory for you, when the time reached the limit they stated, to enter the state of ihram without waiting for a second announcement.
Another questioner:
But if they head to al-Sayl al-Kabir after they know, for example, of the intensity, and enter the state of ihram from al-Sayl.
The Shaykh:
If they return to al-Sayl al-Kabir and enter the state of ihram from there, they make up for it and nothing is required of them. But if they enter the state of ihram from Jeddah, it does not benefit them even if they go to al-Sayl. If they enter the state of ihram from Jeddah, the matter is concluded, and even if they go to al-Sayl, the sacrificial animal is not dropped from them. However, if they return to al-Sayl before entering the state of ihram and enter the state of ihram from there, nothing is required of them because they made up for it.
And Honorable Shaykh, I swear by Allah, while I was traveling to perform 'Umrah, the pilot informed us, and we were in Riyadh, that we would be over the miqat at six twenty-six.
While I was traveling to perform 'Umrah, the pilot announced to us while we were in Riyadh that we would be over the miqat at six ten. Usually, the pilot repeats the warning when approaching the miqat, but on this occasion he did not warn us again about approaching the miqat. Then I was surprised to find that we were about to land at Jeddah Airport and that we had passed the miqat, so we entered the state of ihram from the city of Jeddah. Do we have a sin upon us, or is the 'Umrah valid?
The Shaykh:
The 'Umrah is valid, if Allah wills, but you owe a sacrificial animal. You owe a sacrificial animal for passing the miqat. The obligation of the sacrificial animal does not indicate that the 'Umrah is invalid. The 'Umrah is valid, but this sacrificial animal is for passing the miqat, because entering the state of ihram from the miqat is obligatory. And whoever leaves an obligatory act owes a sacrificial animal. It was obligatory for you to act on their first announcement because they specified the time for you. So it was obligatory for you, when the time reached the limit they stated, to enter the state of ihram without waiting for a second announcement.
Another questioner:
But if they head to al-Sayl al-Kabir after they know, for example, of the intensity, and enter the state of ihram from al-Sayl.
The Shaykh:
If they return to al-Sayl al-Kabir and enter the state of ihram from there, they make up for it and nothing is required of them. But if they enter the state of ihram from Jeddah, it does not benefit them even if they go to al-Sayl. If they enter the state of ihram from Jeddah, the matter is concluded, and even if they go to al-Sayl, the sacrificial animal is not dropped from them. However, if they return to al-Sayl before entering the state of ihram and enter the state of ihram from there, nothing is required of them because they made up for it.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب الآنية - 1 — islamhouse.com (15:45)
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