What is the ruling on one who passes the miqat while intending to perform 'Umrah and to carry out some work?
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The Shaykh : Is your going there for 'Umrah or for something other than 'Umrah?
The questioner : In fact, the intention is to look for work first, and then I will perform 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Then you perform 'Umrah, meaning there is an intention for 'Umrah.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to pass the miqat as long as there is an intention for 'Umrah, even if another intention is attached to it, which is work. However, if the primary intention is work, and then 'Umrah becomes feasible for him later, it is permissible for him to enter without being in a state of ihram.
The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, if this is the intention he wants, but after he finishes his work, he returns to the miqat, then?
The Shaykh : The problem is that passing the miqat is not permissible, even if you intend to return from Jeddah to the miqat to complete the ihram. This passing is prohibited.
The questioner : Even if we pass it with a prior intention?
Al-Halabi : Is this a legal stratagem (hilaah shar'iyyah)?
The Shaykh : The prior intention—you are currently intending to perform 'Umrah, it is not permissible...
The questioner : In fact, the intention is to look for work first, and then I will perform 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : Then you perform 'Umrah, meaning there is an intention for 'Umrah.
The questioner : If Allah wills.
The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible to pass the miqat as long as there is an intention for 'Umrah, even if another intention is attached to it, which is work. However, if the primary intention is work, and then 'Umrah becomes feasible for him later, it is permissible for him to enter without being in a state of ihram.
The questioner : All right, our Shaykh, if this is the intention he wants, but after he finishes his work, he returns to the miqat, then?
The Shaykh : The problem is that passing the miqat is not permissible, even if you intend to return from Jeddah to the miqat to complete the ihram. This passing is prohibited.
The questioner : Even if we pass it with a prior intention?
Al-Halabi : Is this a legal stratagem (hilaah shar'iyyah)?
The Shaykh : The prior intention—you are currently intending to perform 'Umrah, it is not permissible...
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