What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding one who performs 'Umrah in Shawwal with the intention of combining it with Hajj?
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The questioner : ... Buraydah, O honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding one who performs 'Umrah in Shawwal with the intention of combining it with Hajj? And then when the time for Hajj arrives, he wants to enter the state of ihram for Hajj within the boundaries of the Haram, knowing that he will return to his country after the 'Umrah in Shawwal, with the ruling of ihram having ended from Jeddah?
The Shaykh : Yes. Tamattu' is for a person to enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah during the months of Hajj with the intention of performing Hajj. If he performs 'Umrah during the months of Hajj and it did not occur to him that he would perform Hajj, then he returns to his country and it occurs to him to perform Hajj, and he performs an Ifrad Hajj, then he is a person performing Ifrad, not Tamattu'. Likewise, if he performs 'Umrah with the intention of Hajj, combining it with Hajj, then returns to his country, and then returns to Hajj in the state of ihram for Hajj, he is not a person performing Tamattu'. This is because he separated the 'Umrah and the Hajj by returning to his country. He has thus initiated a separate journey for the Hajj, just as he performed the 'Umrah in a separate journey. Based on this, if he returns from his country, he must enter the state of ihram from the first miqat he passes through. Yes.
The questioner : Entering the state of ihram from Jeddah, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Entering the state of ihram from Jeddah is permissible for the people of Jeddah, but for others, it is obligatory to enter the state of ihram from the first miqat they pass through if they intend to perform Hajj or 'Umrah. Yes.
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : What is your opinion, Your Eminence, regarding one who performs 'Umrah in Shawwal with the intention of combining it with Hajj? And then when the time for Hajj arrives, he wants to enter the state of ihram for Hajj within the boundaries of the Haram, knowing that he will return to his country after the 'Umrah in Shawwal, with the ruling of ihram having ended from Jeddah?
The Shaykh : Yes. Tamattu' is for a person to enter the state of ihram for 'Umrah during the months of Hajj with the intention of performing Hajj. If he performs 'Umrah during the months of Hajj and it did not occur to him that he would perform Hajj, then he returns to his country and it occurs to him to perform Hajj, and he performs an Ifrad Hajj, then he is a person performing Ifrad, not Tamattu'. Likewise, if he performs 'Umrah with the intention of Hajj, combining it with Hajj, then returns to his country, and then returns to Hajj in the state of ihram for Hajj, he is not a person performing Tamattu'. This is because he separated the 'Umrah and the Hajj by returning to his country. He has thus initiated a separate journey for the Hajj, just as he performed the 'Umrah in a separate journey. Based on this, if he returns from his country, he must enter the state of ihram from the first miqat he passes through. Yes.
The questioner : Entering the state of ihram from Jeddah, O honorable Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Entering the state of ihram from Jeddah is permissible for the people of Jeddah, but for others, it is obligatory to enter the state of ihram from the first miqat they pass through if they intend to perform Hajj or 'Umrah. Yes.