What is the ruling on entering the state of ihram from Mina for 'Umrah and then from Makkah for Hajj?
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The questioner : I asked a shaykh of ours in Dahrah, whose name is Zayd, about this. He told you that, for example, you perform 'Umrah early on the eighth day, or on the night of the seventh. You shave or cut your hair, and then you go up to Mina, where you are staying in your tent. You break your state of ihram, meaning for a quarter of an hour or half an hour, and then you put on the ihram garments intending Hajj. I do not know what this means.
The Shaykh : This is fine; it is permissible.
The questioner : He tells you to do it from here, from Mina.
The Shaykh : You enter the state of ihram from here for 'Umrah, then after you perform the circumambulation and the sa'y, you exit the state of ihram. Then, on the eighth day, you enter the state of ihram for Hajj from Makkah.
The questioner : On the eighth day, I have already gone up from here early, and I have performed the circumambulation and the sa'y and cut my hair. He tells you to go straight to Mina to your camp, for example, and break your state of ihram, and then put on a garment for a quarter of an hour or half an hour, and then put on the ihram garments again for Hajj. I do not know what this means, O long-lived one?
The Shaykh : My brother, when you break the state of ihram and intend Hajj, where are you?
The questioner : In Mina.
The Shaykh : No, this is a mistake. It is obligatory for you to enter the state of ihram for Hajj from Makkah after you have performed the 'Umrah.
The questioner : Is Mina not part of Makkah?
The Shaykh : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded those who had combined 'Umrah with Hajj to enter the state of ihram on the Day of Tarwiyah, before they went to Mina, to respond to the call for Hajj while they were in Makkah!
The questioner : So, is it better if I go, perform the circumambulation and the sa'y, and return to the state of ihram, and on the eighth day I go up to Mina? Is this better?
The Shaykh : I do not tell you that this is better. If you wish, do it this way. If you wish, perform the 'Umrah and sit there in Makkah, remaining in a state of permissibility after exiting the state of ihram, whether a day or two before, or an hour or two, according to what is easy for you. The important thing is that you respond to the call for Hajj while you are in Makkah, and from there you proceed to Mina having entered the state of ihram for Hajj.
The questioner : So, at that time I cut my hair, break the state of ihram, and put on a garment, and the second time I enter the state of ihram from Makkah, put on the ihram garments, and go up to Mina.
The Shaykh : You go to Mina.
The questioner : So, this is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Good, and do we have to pay a fidyah?
The Shaykh : It is not a fidyah; this is a hady. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:196] The fidyah is the compensation for a mistake a person commits; this is called a fidyah. As for the hady, it is because Allah the Mighty and Majestic allowed the Muslim to combine two acts of worship at one time: the first act of worship is 'Umrah, and the second is Hajj. So He made the compensation for this divine favor that the person should draw near to Him with a hady. As for the fidyah, it is for a mistake a person commits. This is not a mistake; rather, it is the correct action. In fact, it is obligatory for every pilgrim not to perform Hajj as an ifrad and not to perform Hajj as a qiran, but rather to perform Hajj as a tamattu'.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The Shaykh : This is fine; it is permissible.
The questioner : He tells you to do it from here, from Mina.
The Shaykh : You enter the state of ihram from here for 'Umrah, then after you perform the circumambulation and the sa'y, you exit the state of ihram. Then, on the eighth day, you enter the state of ihram for Hajj from Makkah.
The questioner : On the eighth day, I have already gone up from here early, and I have performed the circumambulation and the sa'y and cut my hair. He tells you to go straight to Mina to your camp, for example, and break your state of ihram, and then put on a garment for a quarter of an hour or half an hour, and then put on the ihram garments again for Hajj. I do not know what this means, O long-lived one?
The Shaykh : My brother, when you break the state of ihram and intend Hajj, where are you?
The questioner : In Mina.
The Shaykh : No, this is a mistake. It is obligatory for you to enter the state of ihram for Hajj from Makkah after you have performed the 'Umrah.
The questioner : Is Mina not part of Makkah?
The Shaykh : The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded those who had combined 'Umrah with Hajj to enter the state of ihram on the Day of Tarwiyah, before they went to Mina, to respond to the call for Hajj while they were in Makkah!
The questioner : So, is it better if I go, perform the circumambulation and the sa'y, and return to the state of ihram, and on the eighth day I go up to Mina? Is this better?
The Shaykh : I do not tell you that this is better. If you wish, do it this way. If you wish, perform the 'Umrah and sit there in Makkah, remaining in a state of permissibility after exiting the state of ihram, whether a day or two before, or an hour or two, according to what is easy for you. The important thing is that you respond to the call for Hajj while you are in Makkah, and from there you proceed to Mina having entered the state of ihram for Hajj.
The questioner : So, at that time I cut my hair, break the state of ihram, and put on a garment, and the second time I enter the state of ihram from Makkah, put on the ihram garments, and go up to Mina.
The Shaykh : You go to Mina.
The questioner : So, this is permissible.
The Shaykh : It is this.
The questioner : Good, and do we have to pay a fidyah?
The Shaykh : It is not a fidyah; this is a hady. Allah the Exalted said:
then whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj [offers] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And whoever cannot find [or afford such an animal] - then a fast of three days during Hajj and of seven when you have returned [home]. Those are ten complete [days]
فمن تمتع بالعمرة إلى الحج فما استيسر من الهدي فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلاثة أيام في الحج وسبعة إذا رجعتم تلك عشرة كاملةThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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