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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it valid to enter the state of ihram for Hajj before the months of Hajj?

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The questioner : And it is better not to enter the state of ihram for Hajj before the call to prayer.

The Shaykh : Choice.

The questioner : A copy was placed.

The Shaykh : A copy, there is nothing wrong with it, good.

The questioner : And the choice is not to enter the state of ihram for Hajj before its months, because advancing the worship before its time is disliked, just as advancing it before the time-bound miqat is disliked. If he does so, his ihram is established because it is one of the two miqats, so the ihram for Hajj before it is established like the other. As for 'Umrah

The Shaykh : The words of the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them) are with us. The second opinion is that it is not valid to enter the state of ihram for Hajj before the entry of the months of Hajj, and this is closer to the truth, because Allah said
Hajj is [during] well-known monthsالْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌ مَّعْلُومَاتٌ
[Al-Baqarah 2:197]
. And since the time of Hajj is known months, it is not advanced. Like prayer, it is not advanced before its time. And according to this opinion, if he enters the state of ihram for Hajj before the entry of the months of Hajj, it is established as 'Umrah, and we say: perform tawaf, sa'y, and exit the state of ihram after shaving or shortening the hair. And this opinion is the stronger position. As for limiting it to dislike with the establishment of the ihram, there is consideration in that.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2894 - هل يصح الإحرام للحج قبل أشهر الحج؟ الكافي في فقه الإمام أحمد بن حنبل - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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