I came for 'Umrah twice and did not enter the state of ihram from the miqat, so what is obligatory for me?
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The questioner : I came for 'Umrah twice and did not enter the state of ihram from the miqat, so what is obligatory for me?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment:
It is not permissible for a person, when he passes the miqat intending Hajj or 'Umrah, to pass it without entering the state of ihram, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed these miqats and said:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 4:296.
If one passes the miqat without entering the state of ihram and then enters it from a place beyond it, the scholars say that he owes a fidyah, which he must slaughter in Makkah and distribute to the poor, and he must not eat any of it. Accordingly, our brother the questioner owes two fidyahs, one for each 'Umrah, to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor, and he must not eat any of them.
On this occasion, I would like to warn our brothers against being negligent in this matter, because some people are negligent, especially those who come to Makkah by air. Some of them are negligent and do not enter the state of ihram until Jeddah, and this is a mistake, because passing alongside the miqat from above is like passing by it from below. For this reason, when the people of Iraq complained to the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), that al-Qarn al-Manazil was far from their route, he said: "Look for the point on your route that is level with it".
This is the principle of passing alongside the miqat. It is obligatory for one who intends Hajj or 'Umrah not to pass the miqat until he enters the state of ihram, whether it is his own miqat or the miqat of the town he is passing through. If a person departs from the Qassim airport intending 'Umrah, it is obligatory for him to enter the state of ihram when he passes alongside the miqat of the people of al-Madinah and not to pass it. If he fears that he will not enter the state of ihram from the miqat, let him enter it before that, and it will not harm him, because entering the state of ihram before the miqat does not harm him in any way. However, delaying the entry into the state of ihram after passing the miqat is what harms the person.
Therefore, a person should be careful of this situation so that he does not fall into error. Likewise, if he comes by land passing through al-Madinah, it is obligatory for him to enter the state of ihram from Dhul-Hulayfah, and it is not permissible for him to delay entering the state of ihram until after it.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment:
It is not permissible for a person, when he passes the miqat intending Hajj or 'Umrah, to pass it without entering the state of ihram, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed these miqats and said:
They are for them, and for those who come to them from among those who are not their relatives, from among those who intend Hajj or 'Umrah
هن لهن ولمن أتى عليهن من غير أهلهن ممن يريد الحج أو العمرةIf one passes the miqat without entering the state of ihram and then enters it from a place beyond it, the scholars say that he owes a fidyah, which he must slaughter in Makkah and distribute to the poor, and he must not eat any of it. Accordingly, our brother the questioner owes two fidyahs, one for each 'Umrah, to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor, and he must not eat any of them.
On this occasion, I would like to warn our brothers against being negligent in this matter, because some people are negligent, especially those who come to Makkah by air. Some of them are negligent and do not enter the state of ihram until Jeddah, and this is a mistake, because passing alongside the miqat from above is like passing by it from below. For this reason, when the people of Iraq complained to the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), that al-Qarn al-Manazil was far from their route, he said: "Look for the point on your route that is level with it".
This is the principle of passing alongside the miqat. It is obligatory for one who intends Hajj or 'Umrah not to pass the miqat until he enters the state of ihram, whether it is his own miqat or the miqat of the town he is passing through. If a person departs from the Qassim airport intending 'Umrah, it is obligatory for him to enter the state of ihram when he passes alongside the miqat of the people of al-Madinah and not to pass it. If he fears that he will not enter the state of ihram from the miqat, let him enter it before that, and it will not harm him, because entering the state of ihram before the miqat does not harm him in any way. However, delaying the entry into the state of ihram after passing the miqat is what harms the person.
Therefore, a person should be careful of this situation so that he does not fall into error. Likewise, if he comes by land passing through al-Madinah, it is obligatory for him to enter the state of ihram from Dhul-Hulayfah, and it is not permissible for him to delay entering the state of ihram until after it.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.