What is the difference between the two exits?
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The questioner : Okay, what is the difference between the two exits?
The Shaykh : The difference between the two exits is that if one exits for work, he has separated; the first and second entries are separated. But if he exits for a purpose and returns quickly, this journey is not disconnected from that journey, because in reality he is in the position of one who remains in Makkah in terms of ruling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, the one who comes to Makkah for work, for example, months or days before Hajj, and then Hajj comes upon him, is he allowed to perform Hajj as an individual (ifrad) even if he had performed 'Umrah in the months of Hajj?
The Shaykh : If he returns to his hometown, if he performed 'Umrah in the months of Hajj, then returned to his hometown and came back from his hometown as an individual (ifrad), then he is an individual (ifrad). But if he performed 'Umrah and then went to another country, the scholars differed on this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he traveled between 'Umrah and Hajj a distance that permits shortening the prayer, to a place other than his hometown.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some of them hold that if he travels a distance that permits shortening the prayer between 'Umrah and Hajj, to a place other than his hometown or to his hometown, then tamattu' is disconnected, and the sacrificial animal of tamattu' is dropped from him. And some of them hold that if he travels to his hometown, tamattu' is disconnected from him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Tamattu' is disconnected from him because in reality he has initiated a new journey for Hajj. But if he goes to a place other than his hometown, even if it is beyond the distance, it is not disconnected, because he is still in a journey.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this is the stronger position in our view, in my view.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The difference between the two exits is that if one exits for work, he has separated; the first and second entries are separated. But if he exits for a purpose and returns quickly, this journey is not disconnected from that journey, because in reality he is in the position of one who remains in Makkah in terms of ruling.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So, the one who comes to Makkah for work, for example, months or days before Hajj, and then Hajj comes upon him, is he allowed to perform Hajj as an individual (ifrad) even if he had performed 'Umrah in the months of Hajj?
The Shaykh : If he returns to his hometown, if he performed 'Umrah in the months of Hajj, then returned to his hometown and came back from his hometown as an individual (ifrad), then he is an individual (ifrad). But if he performed 'Umrah and then went to another country, the scholars differed on this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If he traveled between 'Umrah and Hajj a distance that permits shortening the prayer, to a place other than his hometown.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some of them hold that if he travels a distance that permits shortening the prayer between 'Umrah and Hajj, to a place other than his hometown or to his hometown, then tamattu' is disconnected, and the sacrificial animal of tamattu' is dropped from him. And some of them hold that if he travels to his hometown, tamattu' is disconnected from him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Tamattu' is disconnected from him because in reality he has initiated a new journey for Hajj. But if he goes to a place other than his hometown, even if it is beyond the distance, it is not disconnected, because he is still in a journey.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this is the stronger position in our view, in my view.
The questioner : Thank you, may Allah reward you.