The ruling on traveling back and forth between Ta'if and Jeddah without entering the state of ihram for one who intends to perform Hajj

Question: A government employee has resolved to perform Hajj, but he has work in Ta'if that requires him to travel back and forth between Ta'if and Jeddah without entering the state of ihram?

Answer: There is no harm in that; because when he travels from Ta'if to Jeddah, he does not intend to perform Hajj or 'Umrah, but rather he intends to attend to his needs. However, if he knows on his final return from Ta'if that he will not return to Ta'if before Hajj, then he must enter the state of ihram from the miqat for 'Umrah or Hajj.
As for if he does not know, and then the time for Hajj arrives while he is in Jeddah, he enters the state of ihram from Jeddah for Hajj, and he owes nothing. His ruling is the same as the ruling for residents of Jeddah who came there for some work and did not intend to perform Hajj or 'Umrah when they passed the miqat.