The ruling on one who comes from Riyadh for 'Umrah and does not enter the state of ihram until he reaches Jeddah?

Question : Honorable Shaykh! The questioner says: I reside in the city of Riyadh, and when I went for 'Umrah, I went to Jeddah and entered the state of ihram from there. Is there a sacrificial animal (hady) required of me for that?

Answer : It is obligatory for one who comes from Riyadh or elsewhere from the direction of Najd to enter the state of ihram from the miqat, which is al-Sail. It is not permissible for a person to pass any miqat while intending 'Umrah or Hajj without entering the state of ihram. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Here, the sentence is declarative in form but imperative in meaning. So, if a person passes the miqat intending the rites, meaning 'Umrah or Hajj, and does not enter the state of ihram from it, but enters the state of ihram from a place beyond it, the scholars say that this man owes a fidyah, meaning a sheep, or one-seventh of a camel, or one-seventh of a cow. It is slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor of Makkah, whether the person slaughters it himself or instructs someone else to slaughter it on his behalf. Yes.