When does the time for tamattu' end?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, if a person performed Hajj as a mutamatti' (one combining Umrah and Hajj) but did not arrive until the eighth day, what should he do? Should he enter the state of ihram for Hajj after the Umrah, or should he remain in the state of ihram?
The Shaykh : We hold that the time for tamattu' ends when the time for Hajj begins, and the time for Hajj begins at the forenoon of the eighth day. So, if a person does not reach Makkah until after the people have left for Mina, we say: Do not perform an Umrah, for its time has ended. This is because Allah says:[Al-Baqarah 2:196] He made it an Umrah and a Hajj, and He set a limit between them, a distance, as indicated by His saying: .
The questioner : It is not a time!
The Shaykh : So, if he arrives on this day, we tell him: Now, either enter the state of ihram for Hajj alone (ifrad) or enter the state of ihram combining Umrah and Hajj (qiran). Yes.
The questioner : Is it not the time of zawal (when the sun passes the meridian)?
The Shaykh : No, but before zawal, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Muslims out to Mina and prayed the Zuhr prayer there, meaning about one hour, an hour and a half, or two hours before zawal.
The questioner : And if it ends an hour before the Umrah?
The Shaykh : If it ends, it is not obligatory for him to remove his clothes. There is no harm in him remaining in his ihram garments and making the intention for Hajj. Yes.
The Shaykh : We hold that the time for tamattu' ends when the time for Hajj begins, and the time for Hajj begins at the forenoon of the eighth day. So, if a person does not reach Makkah until after the people have left for Mina, we say: Do not perform an Umrah, for its time has ended. This is because Allah says:
whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj
فمن تمتّع بالعمرة إلى الحجّwith Hajj
إلى الحجّThe questioner : It is not a time!
The Shaykh : So, if he arrives on this day, we tell him: Now, either enter the state of ihram for Hajj alone (ifrad) or enter the state of ihram combining Umrah and Hajj (qiran). Yes.
The questioner : Is it not the time of zawal (when the sun passes the meridian)?
The Shaykh : No, but before zawal, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) led the Muslims out to Mina and prayed the Zuhr prayer there, meaning about one hour, an hour and a half, or two hours before zawal.
The questioner : And if it ends an hour before the Umrah?
The Shaykh : If it ends, it is not obligatory for him to remove his clothes. There is no harm in him remaining in his ihram garments and making the intention for Hajj. Yes.