A man from al-Qassim intended to perform 'Umrah and passed the miqat without entering ihram until he reached Jeddah, accompanied by a small boy who put on the ihram garments and then removed them

The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. I am conveying this question on behalf of someone: A young man traveled from al-Qassim intending to perform 'Umrah via al-Madinah, accompanied by his wife. His wife was in the post-natal bleeding period and stipulated, saying: "If I become pure, which is in the last days of my bleeding, I will perform the 'Umrah." He did not enter ihram until Jeddah. He was accompanied by a small boy, six years old, who put on the ihram garments but did not perform the 'Umrah. He says: What is upon me?

The Shaykh : As for the boy, he owes nothing, because the pen has been lifted from the child. If he enters ihram and then later tires of the ihram and exits it, there is no blame on him. As for him, he has contradicted the command of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to enter ihram from the miqat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded that whoever intends Hajj or 'Umrah should enter ihram from the miqat. The man passed the miqat and did not enter ihram until Jeddah, so according to the scholars, he owes a fidyah (ransom payment) to be slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor, because he left an obligatory act. As for the wife, she owes nothing as long as she fears she will not become pure except late, and she said: "If I become pure, I will enter ihram; otherwise, I will not enter ihram." There is no blame on her to enter ihram from the place where she became pure.