The importance of entering ihram when passing through one of the miqats
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May Allah preserve you, O honorable Shaykh! A man wants to perform 'Umrah and is traveling by plane. He wishes to stay there for six days and then return to the miqat of Dhul-Hulaifah, from where he will enter ihram, descend to Makkah, and perform 'Umrah. Is there any harm in this?
Yes, there is harm in this. It is not permissible for a person who intends to perform 'Umrah to pass a miqat and go beyond it without entering ihram, whether it is his own miqat or the miqat of others. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) designated the miqats and said: (These are for them, and for whoever comes to them from among those who are not their residents, who intends Hajj or 'Umrah) I advise my Muslim brothers who are afflicted with such a situation: if they are going with the intention of performing 'Umrah, why do they not make their primary intention, which is an act of drawing near to Allah the Exalted, the first one? They should enter ihram for 'Umrah from the miqat, go to Makkah, perform the 'Umrah, and then return to Jeddah. The matter does not take three or four hours. But Satan discourages people from good. The one who leaves his home for Makkah intending 'Umrah has a reward from the moment he departs from his home until he returns. But Satan deprives him of this by making his primary intention the visit to Jeddah, thereby depriving him of the 'Umrah. He will not have the reward of 'Umrah except from the miqat from which he enters ihram. Therefore, I first direct and guide our Muslim brothers who have business in Jeddah and intend to perform 'Umrah to start with the 'Umrah first, so that they may have the reward from the moment they depart from their homes until they return.
Second: It is not permissible for a person who passes the miqat while intending Hajj and 'Umrah to leave off entering ihram from it.If it happens that they passed the miqat, we say to them: Return to the miqat that you passed and enter ihram from it. For example, if they are at the miqat of the people of Madinah and they stay in Jeddah and their business is finished, we say: Return to the miqat of the people of Madinah. It is not permissible for you to enter ihram from Dhul-Hulaifah, even though Dhul-Hulaifah is the original miqat of the people of Najd. But the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made the secondary miqat, when one passes it, like the original one; it is obligatory for him to enter ihram from it. If it happens that they did so and went to Dhul-Hulaifah and entered ihram from it, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that whoever leaves an obligatory part of the obligations of Hajj or 'Umrah must offer a fidyah (ransom payment) by slaughtering an animal in Makkah and distributing it to the poor.
Yes, there is harm in this. It is not permissible for a person who intends to perform 'Umrah to pass a miqat and go beyond it without entering ihram, whether it is his own miqat or the miqat of others. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) designated the miqats and said: (These are for them, and for whoever comes to them from among those who are not their residents, who intends Hajj or 'Umrah) I advise my Muslim brothers who are afflicted with such a situation: if they are going with the intention of performing 'Umrah, why do they not make their primary intention, which is an act of drawing near to Allah the Exalted, the first one? They should enter ihram for 'Umrah from the miqat, go to Makkah, perform the 'Umrah, and then return to Jeddah. The matter does not take three or four hours. But Satan discourages people from good. The one who leaves his home for Makkah intending 'Umrah has a reward from the moment he departs from his home until he returns. But Satan deprives him of this by making his primary intention the visit to Jeddah, thereby depriving him of the 'Umrah. He will not have the reward of 'Umrah except from the miqat from which he enters ihram. Therefore, I first direct and guide our Muslim brothers who have business in Jeddah and intend to perform 'Umrah to start with the 'Umrah first, so that they may have the reward from the moment they depart from their homes until they return.
Second: It is not permissible for a person who passes the miqat while intending Hajj and 'Umrah to leave off entering ihram from it.If it happens that they passed the miqat, we say to them: Return to the miqat that you passed and enter ihram from it. For example, if they are at the miqat of the people of Madinah and they stay in Jeddah and their business is finished, we say: Return to the miqat of the people of Madinah. It is not permissible for you to enter ihram from Dhul-Hulaifah, even though Dhul-Hulaifah is the original miqat of the people of Najd. But the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) made the secondary miqat, when one passes it, like the original one; it is obligatory for him to enter ihram from it. If it happens that they did so and went to Dhul-Hulaifah and entered ihram from it, the scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) mentioned that whoever leaves an obligatory part of the obligations of Hajj or 'Umrah must offer a fidyah (ransom payment) by slaughtering an animal in Makkah and distributing it to the poor.