A man works in the Eastern Region and his family is in Jeddah, and he wants to perform Hajj; from where does he enter the state of ihram?
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The Shaykh : One last one.
The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man works in the Eastern Region.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He works in the Eastern Region.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he wishes to spend his vacation with his family in Jeddah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And at the same time, he wants to perform Hajj. So, does he enter the state of ihram as if he were from Jeddah because he will visit his family before performing Hajj, or from the Eastern Region?
The Shaykh : Where does he reside, with his family?
The questioner : No, he works in the Eastern Region; he is an employee in the Eastern Region, but his family is in Jeddah.
The Shaykh : So, his coming to his family is not as if they were the family with whom he resides. Therefore, he must enter the state of ihram from the miqat.
The questioner : From the miqat?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. However, if he were studying and said, "I have not stayed in this country except for study, and my family is in Jeddah, and I am going to my family, and when the time comes, I will enter the state of ihram from Jeddah," then there is no harm. That is to say, there is a difference between a person who moved from Jeddah to the Eastern Region and another who does not consider himself to have settled in the Eastern Region. The one who considers himself to have settled in the Eastern Region must not pass the miqat without entering the state of ihram. But the one who says, "No, I have not settled there, but I remained for study, and if it happened that I returned to my family today, I would return," and his return from the Eastern Region to Jeddah would be a return to his family, then he has no blame. He enters the state of ihram from Jeddah. Yes.
The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a man works in the Eastern Region.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : He works in the Eastern Region.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he wishes to spend his vacation with his family in Jeddah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And at the same time, he wants to perform Hajj. So, does he enter the state of ihram as if he were from Jeddah because he will visit his family before performing Hajj, or from the Eastern Region?
The Shaykh : Where does he reside, with his family?
The questioner : No, he works in the Eastern Region; he is an employee in the Eastern Region, but his family is in Jeddah.
The Shaykh : So, his coming to his family is not as if they were the family with whom he resides. Therefore, he must enter the state of ihram from the miqat.
The questioner : From the miqat?
The Shaykh : Yes, that is right. However, if he were studying and said, "I have not stayed in this country except for study, and my family is in Jeddah, and I am going to my family, and when the time comes, I will enter the state of ihram from Jeddah," then there is no harm. That is to say, there is a difference between a person who moved from Jeddah to the Eastern Region and another who does not consider himself to have settled in the Eastern Region. The one who considers himself to have settled in the Eastern Region must not pass the miqat without entering the state of ihram. But the one who says, "No, I have not settled there, but I remained for study, and if it happened that I returned to my family today, I would return," and his return from the Eastern Region to Jeddah would be a return to his family, then he has no blame. He enters the state of ihram from Jeddah. Yes.