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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to perform 'Umrah on the eighth day and then enter the state of ihram for Hajj immediately?

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Question : This questioner says: Is it permissible for me to perform 'Umrah on the eighth day of Dhu al-Hijjah, and after exiting the state of ihram from 'Umrah, to enter the state of ihram for Hajj immediately, even if there is not a long time between exiting the state of ihram from 'Umrah and entering the state of ihram for Hajj?

Answer : What appears to me is that if a person arrives in Makkah after the people have gone out for Hajj.
Then he should not rely on that, because Allah said:
whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajjفَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ
[Al-Baqarah 2:196]
This indicates that there is a distance between 'Umrah and Hajj by which tamattu' is achieved. As for arriving in Makkah on the forenoon of the eighth day when the people are going out for Hajj, or after that, and then performing 'Umrah, I have some reservations about this. Although the apparent meaning of the scholars' words is that it is permissible, I have some reservations in my heart about this, because the verse is
whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajjفَمَن تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ
[Al-Baqarah 2:196]
And if there is no distance by which tamattu' is achieved, it is not prescribed for a person to perform tamattu'. Accordingly, we say: if you arrive at this time after the people have gone out to Mina, make your ritual qiran so that you obtain both 'Umrah and Hajj.
Source جلسات الحج 1409هـ - 2 — binothaimeen.net (1:06:24)

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