A man wants to go to Makkah on the first day of Dhu al-Hijjah without entering the state of ihram. If he enters the state of ifrad on the eighth day, is his action valid, and from where should he enter the state of ihram?

The questioner : He says: I want to go to Makkah on the first day of the days of Hajj without entering the state of ihram. If the eighth day comes, I will enter the state of ifrad. Is my action valid in entering the state of ifrad? And from where should I enter the state of ihram?

The Shaykh : Yes. It is obligatory for one who intends Hajj or 'Umrah, if he passes the miqat, to enter the state of ihram from it, and it is not permissible for him to delay it, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): And in another wording: to the end of it. So it is not permissible for a person, if he passes the miqat while intending Hajj or 'Umrah, to pass the miqat without entering the state of ihram. If he does so, we say to him: Go back and enter the state of ihram from the miqat. If he enters the state of ihram from other than the miqat, it is incumbent upon him, according to the scholars, to sacrifice a sacrificial animal in Makkah and distribute it to the poor.
Yes.