Is it prescribed for one who performs 'Umrah in Ramadan to go out to al-Tan'īm to perform Hajj as a mutamatti'?

Question : This question asks: A person performed 'Umrah in Ramadan and then stayed in Makkah, but he wants to perform Hajj as a mutamatti'. Is it prescribed for him to go out to al-Tan'īm to perform 'Umrah in the months of Hajj and make his Hajj a tamattu'?

Answer : This is not possible, because for tamattu', a person must enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah from the miqat.
And one who enters ihram from the nearest part of the permissible area is not a mutamatti'. Rather, it is not prescribed for him to go out to enter ihram from al-Tan'īm. So we say that this man who came to Makkah in Ramadan, entered ihram for 'Umrah, and waited until Hajj, we say that he is a mufrid, because he performed 'Umrah in other than the months of Hajj and he is performing Hajj alone. In this case, some scholars hold that this is better than tamattu', because he performed an 'Umrah that is separate from the Hajj. However, there is some hesitation in the soul regarding this. The correct view is that nothing is better than tamattu', because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded his Companions to do it, except for the one who brought sacrificial animals, for whom qiran is better.